Julio Urias

Julio César Urías Acosta (born August 12, 1996) is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Dodgers signed him in 2012, and he made his MLB debut in 2016.\n', '

Urías is the son of Carlos Urías. He played with the Mexico national team as a youth, joining them on road trips since the age of 10. At age 14, Urías met Los Angeles Dodgers scout Mike Brito, who had first scouted Fernando Valenzuela. In June 2012, the Dodgers discovered 15-year-old Urías at a showcase in Oaxaca, on the same scouting trip in Mexico on which they signed Yasiel Puig. The Dodgers signed him on August 12, his 16th birthday. The Dodgers paid a signing fee of $450,000, most of which went to the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League.\n', '

Urías made his professional debut on May 25, 2013, for the Great Lakes Loons in the Midwest League as the yo…