Virgil Matthew Vasquez (born June 7, 1982) is a former right-handed professional baseball pitcher and the current pitching coach for the Louisville Bats, the Triple-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds.

He completed a 12-year professional pitching career with 5 different MLB organizations while appearing in parts of two Major League Baseball seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates.

He began the 2009 season with the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians before earning a promotion to the Pirates major league roster on June 26, 2009.

[8] After which, he began a vigorous rehabilitation program, to not only return to his original capabilities, but to add to his repertoire a high-speed cutter, movement and command to his fastball, and a curve to throw anytime in the count.

In August 2014 in his final season as an active pitcher with the AA New Britain Rock Cats, he no-hit the Harrisburg Senators, 9-0.

[11] During his time in the ABL, he has coached alongside; Jon Deeble, Joe Vavra, Jim Bennett, Craig Albernaz, Phil Dale, & Peter Moylan.

With the Kernels, he created a positive environment of growth while using cutting-edge technology that propelled his pitching staff to the playoffs while setting a franchise record in strikeouts at 1,240 [12] while the Twins minor league system, as a whole, led all MiLB in FIP at 3.37.

During his time as a professional coach, he has worked alongside; Bob McClure, LaTroy Hawkins, Tommy Watkins, Josh Kalk, Jeremy Zoll, Alex Hassen, Tony Diaz, Pete Maki, Cibney Bello, Justin Willard, Brian Dinkelman, Ramon Borrego, Jared Gaynor, Billy Boyer, Tanner Swanson, Pete Fatse, Luis Ramirez, Ryan Smith, Zach Bove and Daniel Adler.