Urias should stay on the farm this season

Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City should be about the biggest stadium Urias pitches in this season. By Ensign beedrill (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons

The more I think about it, the more I hope we do not see Julio Urias in Los Angeles, pitching for the Dodgers this season.

Let me put it this way — Having a plan that included even the possibility of bringing Urias up to the majors this season would be a sign of desperation. I’ve stated over and over this offseason that this organization doesn’t grasp at straws anymore. They are calculated, not desperate. They drive the market, they don’t react to it. They have lots of starting pitcher options for this season. They don’t need to rush a kid who would be a graduating high school senior.

While it was REALLY fun when it happened, I’m not sure Andrew Friedman’s front office would have wanted to bring up a 22 year-old Yasiel Puig in 2013 for 100-plus games. While they might have deprived all of us of an amazing final few months of the season in Puig’s case, they would be making a great decision to keep Urias down on the farm this year.

This team has a plan. Urias is almost certainly in that plan. It just shouldn’t be this season.