Coming off a pair of remarkable seasons with the Dodgers, pitcher Julio Urías enters the World Baseball Classic as an icon for Mexico and its fans.
for the United States, Urías will participate in this tournament as the face of baseball in his country.
. He’s Vinny Castilla in the ‘90’s. He’s Adrián [González] in the early 2000’s. He’s the face of baseball in Mexico.” It wasn’t official yet, but Urías was committed to playing for Mexico in the WBC for the first time. He wasn’t going to be denied. The Dodgers didn’t give him permission to play in the previous WBC in 2017, which he publicly admitted bothered him, but he was still a prospect then. This time was different.en route to leading the National League in earned-run average and finishing third in the Cy Young vote last year.
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