Tag Archives: Julio Urias
Julio Urias making history
Link to the Julio Urias category page: [2016 Postseason Update] Urias appeared as a relief pitcher on Oct 13th making him the youngest pitcher to pitch in an NLDS game. Urias threw two shutout innings, partial because of a 3rd base coach boner. It was the game that inspired the “Kershaw Saves ” T-Shirt and …
Can Bud Norris and the cavalry save the Dodger season?
Depth replaces adequacy, it doesn’t replace brilliance. Jon Weisman gives nine reasons why Dodger fans should not dispair. As usual, Jon hits the right notes but is the case convincing? Does it have to be? If you are a fan you should be a fan, even when the chips are down. With Clayton Kershaw on …
Julio Urias wins the first of a possible four game stretch of Dodger rookie starts
On Tuesday night Julio Urias won the first game of a bizarre stretch of games. It is very possible, the Dodgers will start four straight rookies over four games. Yesterday I tweeted to Eric Stephen if any Dodger rookies had started three straight games, eventually, Eric found that the last time the Dodgers used three …
Brock Stewart has little use for the prospect ladder
When Brock Stewart makes his debut tonight he can be excused for being light headed after climbing the prospect ladder so fast. This will be the last time someone can only reference the baseball reference minor league Brock Stewart page. Tomorrow at this time he will have joined the big boys and have his own Brock …
Julio Urias wins the first of many
It took Julio Urias seven starts to notch his first victory, but that will probably be the longest stretch between wins in his career going forward. Eric Stephen broke down all the first time achievements for Julio , and I must admit I’m having a hard time picking my favorite. Was it the first major league …
Dodgers have nine prospects on Rotowire updated top 200
Rotowire is a baseball fantasy site, so these ranking do not reflect their possible future major league production, but it does give an idea of how well stocked the Dodgers are in the farm system. This particular top 200 was recently updated to reflect the influx of the 2016 draft class, which added twenty-six draftees’ …
Urias will be first LAD teen-ager to pitch at Dodger Stadium since Fernando
While most of the hoopla has gone out of the fact that the Dodgers have a 19-year-old pitching in their rotation, it is still an extremely rare event. Just about every time he takes the mound he breaks ground that hasn’t been trod on in decades. No LAD teen-ager as has pitched at Dodger Stadium …
Dodger teen-age phenom prospect Julio Urias turned 18 today – what Los Angeles Dodgers debuted as teen-agers?
Arguably the best pitching prospect in the Dodger system turned 18 years old today. Julio Urias raised eyebrows all over baseball when he was pitching in Low A ball at the tender age of 16. He has spent all of this summer pitching in High A ball as a 17-year-old, but that all changed …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 