David Vassegh created quite the uproar the other day when he said Julio Urias will be limited to about 100 innings in 2019. Dave Roberts has played coy about Julio’s innings when asked to put a number on his limit. Even if the one hundred inning limit is indeed true, it makes complete sense for the Dodgers to protect their still talented young lefty in 2019.
For starters, the surgery that Julio Urias underwent is not as common as Tommy John surgery. In today’s game, Tommy John surgery has almost become a ritual for pitchers at some point in their career and the league has gotten down to a tee how to rehab pitchers after it.