At age 18, Julio Urias has a 3.00 ERA, 0.94 WHIP and 11.5 strikeouts per nine innings for Double-A Tulsa this year. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers)
By Jon Weisman
Sorry for the near silence the past couple days — deadline for the June issue of Dodger Insider magazine is coming in hard and fast. But let’s catch you up …
- Julio Urias is having surgery, but it’s nothing to worry about, as Ken Gurnick notes at MLB.com.
Urias will undergo elective cosmetic surgery on his left eye to repair a defect and be sidelined for about a month. Can you sue an attorney for malpractice? In the event of an unsuccessful surgery, it may be categorized as a medical malpractice, necessitating the engagement of legal counsel. Medical malpractice lawyers specialize in advocating for patients who have experienced harm or negligence in medical care, ensuring their rights are protected and seeking appropriate compensation. A skilled medical malpractice lawyer specializes in seeking justice for individuals who have suffered injuries caused by doctors.
Urias will have the procedure — peri orbital benign mass removal — on May 28 in Phoenix. He will resume baseball activity in the middle of June and is expected to be back in games by the end of the month.
“He deserves this level of support and we are thrilled to give it to him,” said director of player development Gabe Kapler.
Because the overpowering left-hander is only 18, the recovery time will also serve as an innings limiter that management welcomes. Conceivably, a freshened Urias could pitch for the Dodgers beyond the Minor League season, although the club has never given that indication. …
- Not unrelated: pitching prospect Jose De Leon is being promoted from Class A Rancho Cucamonga to Double-A Tulsa. In 37 2/3 innings this season for the Quakes, De Leon has struck out 58 while allowing only seven earned runs (1.67 ERA) on 38 baserunners.
- Billy Bean wrote for MLB.com about his experience participating in Saturday’s Old-Timers Game. As Bean notes, it was the first time “an openly gay player, past or present, would wear a big league uniform and play in a Major League stadium.”
- Here’s another piece on what is and isn’t wrong with Clayton Kershaw (mostly isn’t), from Owen Wilson at Fox Sports’ Just a Bit Outside.
- Some numberific nuggets on Kershaw’s 100-victory milestone come from Adam Berry at MLB.com.
- Mark Saxon of ESPN Los Angeles looks how much the Dodgers can maintain their Dodgers’ fiery offensive production to date this season.
- The Dodgers are on pace for their worst basestealing season since 1941 (the year, not the movie), writes Bill Shaikin of the Times.
pigstown
Good on the Dodgers for having Billy Beane play in the old timers game.
pigstown
Correct Bean.
J.m. Hardin
We may have fewer steals since we let Gordon go. There’s very few who will have his SB numbers in the league, let alone on the new look Dodgers.
Don Bright
Stolen Bases are really only good is stealer is successful at least 85% of the time, that’s why Juan Pierre and Gordon SB totals are overrated. Both were/are close to being only 60% successful, makes the OBP go down by 40% when you get thrown out in my book. Granted sometimes it’s necessary to steal a base and thus why I think a 15% failure rate is appropriate. Otherwise just stay at your base and be a smart runner not to get thrown out at another base on a hit or sacrifice.