Julio Urías

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Julio Urías
Julio Urias.jpg
Urías with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2014 spring training
Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 78
Pitcher
Born: (1996-08-12) August 12, 1996 (age 28)
Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
Bats: Left Throws: Left
MLB debut
May 27, 2016, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
MLB statistics
(through May 27, 2016)
Win–loss record 0–0
Earned run average 10.13
Strikeouts 3
Teams

Julio César Urías (born August 12, 1996) is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Dodgers signed him on August 23, 2012, shortly after his 16th birthday.

Early life

Urias is the son of Carlos Urias.[1] He played with the Mexico national team as a youth, joining them on road trips since the age of 10.[2] The Dodgers discovered and signed Urias on the same June 2012 scouting trip in Mexico on which they signed Yasiel Puig.[3][4] The Dodgers paid a signing fee of $450,000, most of which went to the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League.[5]

Professional career

Minor Leagues

Urías made his professional debut on May 25, 2013, for the Great Lakes Loons in the Midwest League as the youngest player in the league, striking out six batters over three shutout innings.[6] He made a total of 18 starts and finished the season 2–0 with a 2.48 ERA, recording 67 strikeouts in 54.1 innings.[2] He spent 2014 with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League. In 25 appearances (20 of which were starts), he was 2–2 with a 2.36 ERA.[4][7] He struck out 109 batters while walking only 37.[8]

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Urías pitching for the Oklahoma City Dodgers in 2016

Urías was selected to play for the World team at the 2014 All-Star Futures Game[9] and was selected as the Dodgers organizational "Minor League Pitcher of the Year" for 2014.[10] He received an invitation to attend the team's 2015 major league spring training camp.[11] After pitching in two games, for a total of two innings and a 4.50 ERA,[12] he was the first to be cut from the roster and was reassigned to the team's minor league camp on March 14, 2015.[13]

Urías was ranked by MLBpipeline.com as the top left-handed pitching prospect in all of baseball entering the 2015 season.[14] MLB.com ranked him the 8th-best prospect in baseball, and Baseball America named him the #10 prospect in 2015.[15][16] The Dodgers assigned him to the AA Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League to start the 2015 season.[17] He was 3–4 with a 2.77 ERA in 13 starts for Tulsa.[18]

Urias was promoted to the AAA Oklahoma City Dodgers on August 31, 2015.[19] He struggled in his first AAA action, allowing nine runs in 4 ​1⁄3 innings over two starts.[18] He also allowed six runs, including a grand slam homer, in just one inning in his one start in the Pacific Coast League playoffs.[20] He was again invited to attend Dodgers spring training.[21] He was assigned to AAA to begin the season, where he was 4–1 with a 1.10 ERA in seven starts.[18] He also had a 27 inning scoreless streak during the month of May for Oklahoma City.[22]

Los Angeles Dodgers

Urías was promoted to the Dodgers to make his major league debut against the New York Mets on May 27, 2016. At only 19 years of age, he was the youngest starting pitcher to debut in the Majors since Félix Hernández in the 2005 season and the youngest Dodgers starting pitcher to debut since 18 year old Rex Barney in the 1943 season.[23] He struggled in his debut, lasting only 2​2⁄3 innings while allowing five hits, three runs and four walks. He did strike out three, including the first batter he faced, Curtis Granderson.[24] He was optioned back to AAA after the game.[25]

Personal life

Urias underwent three surgeries on his left eye during his youth to remove a benign mass. As a result, his left eye is nearly closed, but he is able to see through it.[4][26] When asked about his eye condition, Urias, a devout Roman Catholic,[27] said, "That's how God works. He gave me a bad left eye but a good left arm."[4] On May 19, 2015, Urias had an elective surgery to correct the condition.[28]

References

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