Despite the Los Angeles Dodgers’ best efforts, Julio Urias threw a career-high 127.2 innings last season with Triple-A Oklahoma City and the Majors. His previous career high was 87.2 innings, in 2014 with High-A Rancho Cucamonga.
Urias once again will work on an innings limit. How the Dodgers intended to manage his workload remains unclear — at least publicly. Options discussed have been leaving Urias in extended Spring Training, sending him to OKC when the season begins, or capping Urias’ innings in starts with the Dodgers.
After his second relief appearance of the spring, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts indicated it’s unlikely Urias will be part of the Opening Day rotation, via Ken Gurnick of MLB.