It’s been a trying season for Jose Urena, from the very first pitch he threw to the Chicago Cubs’ Ian Happ, which was belted for a home run, to the one and only pitch he threw Wednesday to the Atlanta Braves’ Ronald Acuna Jr., which found exposed flesh.
Urena stood at his locker Friday trying to make sense of a poor season punctuated by a moment that set off a firestorm, from that erratic first inning on Opening Day when he gave up the homer and hit three Cubs batters with pitches, to Wednesday’s incident that led to his ejection and a six-game suspension levied by the league.