Today marked the day that Julio Urias returned to the majors in what will most likely be the first of a forever stint in the majors. If you drafted him and stashed, I'm sure you were rethinking that for a moment in the first week or two, but now that bench spot is paying its dividends...kinda. Today's line was 5.2 IP, 1 ER, 4 Hits, 4 BBs, 4 Ks, which is pretty bleghy. That's a poor WHIP, only four strikeouts, not deep enough for a quality start, but at least a good ERA? Now those four walks included an IBB and you have to think Urias needs a little time to get rid of any jitters for the rest of his life, but I do have some concern here in that I wonder how much production we can really expect. I imagine the Dodgers will want to keep him regularly going every five days without having to do a Strasburg-esque September shutdown if they can avoid it. That would mean if they want to keep him under 180 innings, his IPS is going to be pretty terrible. Like 5.0 terrible. That means he'll have to hold a 9.00 K/9 just to get five strikeouts per start with minimal room for error in the WHIP/ERA department. I know you've been waiting to finally get some production from Urias, but now may be the time to sell if you own him. See if there's an owner who wants to get in on the hype and grab a more secure Top 40 arm or sturdy bat instead.
Let’s see how every other SP did yesterday:
