Velasquez is roughly 40 innings away from reaching his innings limit for this season, Matt Gelb of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
GM Matt Klentak said the Phillies will consider going to a six-man rotation at some point, but they also will be willing to shut down any of their young pitchers if that makes more sense then continuing to let them pitch through the end of September. Velasquez could be looking at six or seven more starts this season if he continues to average around six innings per start as he has since the start of July. He'll face the Giants at home Thursday in his next start.