How Often Does A Player Get To Play For His Hometown Team? My Guess Not Often! Though, Andrew Velazquez Is Making The Most Of It While Filling In For Gleyber Torres Who's Out With Thumb Injury

How often does a player get to play for his hometown team?

My guess not often!

Though, Andrew Velazquez who is from Bronx New York who is a shortstop is making the most of it while playing for New York, for the team that wears the pinstripes while Gleyber Torres is out with a thumb injury.

How?

Andrew Velazsquez has had 33 at bats, contributed 6, runs 8 hits , 1 home run, six runs batted in, 2 stolen bases and has a batting average of 242.

“according to https://www.mlb.com/player/andrew-velazquez-623205

Yesterday in New York’s 7-1 win over Minnesota Andrew Velazsquez contributed to the New York offense!

Where?

Bronx New York!

How?

He hit a line drive shot to the right field seats off Minnesota reliever Ralph Garza Jr. in the eighth inning.

Andrew Velazquez had this to say about his at bat!

Some guy was screaming at me that I should hit my first one,” Velazquez said. “Every at-bat I got on deck, he was screaming, ‘Hit your first one down the line!’ So I went 0-for-3 before that. The final one, I said, ‘Let me take his approach, because mine ain’t working.’”

Aaron Boone who is the manager of New York had this to say about Andrew Velazsquez!

“It is awesome and we're all excited for him, but he's playing really well for us and helping us win games with his all-around play, “That's the thing that gets me excited. He's come in and fit in.”

Giancarlo Stanton had this to say about Andrew Velazsquez!'

It’s amazing, I couldn’t imagine what it’s like for him, to have grown up here. Everyone that grows up here wants to be where he is, doing what he’s doing right now. It’s a dream come true, and it’s fun to be a part of, fun to watch.”

Luke Voit had this to say about Andrew Velazsquez!

I'm just so proud of that kid,” He’s been great defensively, and he's been driving in runs left and right. It's a lot of pressure, and he's taken advantage of this opportunity.”

“according to an article by Bryan Hoch on mlb.com”