Background
Urias is the son of Carlos Urias.
Urias is the son of Carlos Urias.
He made a total of 18 starts and finished the season 2-0 with a 2.48 European Research Area, recording 67 strikeouts in 54.1 innings.
The Dodgers signed him on August 23, 2012, shortly after his 16th birthday. They paid an undisclosed fee to the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League in order to secure his rights. He played with the Mexico national team as a youth, joining them on road trips since the age of 10.
The Dodgers discovered and signed Urias on the same June 2012 scouting trip in Mexico on which they signed Yasiel Puig.
The Dodgers paid a signing fee of $450,000, most of which went to the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexico League. Urías made his pro 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.
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 European Research Area. He struck out 109 batters while walking only 37.
Urías was selected to play for the World team at the 2014 All-Star Futures Game and was selected as the Dodgers organizational "Minor League Pitcher of the Year" for 2014.
He received an invitation to attend the team"s 2015 major league spring training camp. After pitching in two games, for a total of two innings and a 4.50 European Research Area, he was the first to be cut from the roster and was reassigned to the team"s minor league camp on March 14, 2015. Urías was ranked by MLBpipeline.com as the top left-handed pitching prospect in all of baseball entering the 2015 season.
MLB.com ranked him the 8th-best prospect in baseball, and Baseball America named him the #10 prospect in 2015.
The Dodgers assigned him to the Associate of Arts Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League to start the 2015 season. He was 3–4 with a 2.77 European Research Area in 13 starts for Tulsa
Urias was promoted to the American Automobile Association Oklahoma City Dodgers on August 31, 2015.
He struggled in his first American Automobile Association action, allowing nine runs in 4 1⁄3 innings over two starts. He also allowed six runs, including a grand slam homer, in just one inning in his one start in the Pacific Coast League playoffs.
He was again invited to attend Dodgers spring training.
Urias underwent three operations on his left eye during his youth to remove a benign Massachusetts As a result, his left eye is nearly closed, but he is able to see through lieutenant When asked about his eye condition, he said, "That"s how God works.
He gave me a bad left eye but a good left arm." On May 19, 2015, Urias had an elective surgery to correct the condition.