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Los Angeles Angels starter Walbert Urena had a tough outing against one of his idols last night, as Urena had a bad start against Miami Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara, who is one of his idols.
But Urena showed his composure on the mound after the game by not reacting emotionally after giving up four runs in just 2-2/3 innings of the Angels 7-0 loss to the Marlins, which is one of the things the Halos like best about him.
“I have stayed humble in all moments and my faith, believing that God can do all,” Ureña said in Spanish in a followup piece from Perla Paredes of MLB.com. “I have stayed with my feet on the ground and tried to enjoy the game more.”
Urena has certainly done all the Angels were expecting from him and then some, and his ERA remained low at 2.83 despite the short outing. The right-hander now has an innings count of just over 100, so things are at the point where the Angels may start to monitor him more closely given that he’s just 22.
It was location that did Urena in last night. The Marlins have a pesky, aggressive lineup, and they came out swinging in this one.
“He got a little erratic with his pitches," said manager Kurt Suzuki. “But I think they were having good at-bats on him, too … working the count, so just got his pitch caught up a little bit in that [third] inning.”
But Suzuki is impressed with the overall results. Urena was inserted into the rotation back on April 19, and he’s pitched like a starter who can fill in a gap in Anaheim at the top of the rotation.
“When things kind of start wavering a little bit for him, he's able to just command his composure,” Suzuki said on Friday. “He’s able to get everything back on track really fast and not let things snowball. … He did it in a quick quick turnaround, too. It wasn't very long in the minor leagues, so it was impressive for him to do that so quickly.”
Uraena’s big issue right now is his command. His walk rate of 4.7 walks per nine innings is third-worst among ptichers who have thrown at least 80 innings this year, so there’s work to be done there.
It’s always interesting to see how rookies respond to a bad start, so this will be something to watch during his next outing, which is scheduled for Thursday against Jacob deGrom of the Texas Rangers.
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But Urena showed his composure on the mound after the game by not reacting emotionally after giving up four runs in just 2-2/3 innings of the Angels 7-0 loss to the Marlins, which is one of the things the Halos like best about him.
“I have stayed humble in all moments and my faith, believing that God can do all,” Ureña said in Spanish in a followup piece from Perla Paredes of MLB.com. “I have stayed with my feet on the ground and tried to enjoy the game more.”
Urena has certainly done all the Angels were expecting from him and then some, and his ERA remained low at 2.83 despite the short outing. The right-hander now has an innings count of just over 100, so things are at the point where the Angels may start to monitor him more closely given that he’s just 22.
It was location that did Urena in last night. The Marlins have a pesky, aggressive lineup, and they came out swinging in this one.
“He got a little erratic with his pitches," said manager Kurt Suzuki. “But I think they were having good at-bats on him, too … working the count, so just got his pitch caught up a little bit in that [third] inning.”
But Suzuki is impressed with the overall results. Urena was inserted into the rotation back on April 19, and he’s pitched like a starter who can fill in a gap in Anaheim at the top of the rotation.
“When things kind of start wavering a little bit for him, he's able to just command his composure,” Suzuki said on Friday. “He’s able to get everything back on track really fast and not let things snowball. … He did it in a quick quick turnaround, too. It wasn't very long in the minor leagues, so it was impressive for him to do that so quickly.”
Uraena’s big issue right now is his command. His walk rate of 4.7 walks per nine innings is third-worst among ptichers who have thrown at least 80 innings this year, so there’s work to be done there.
It’s always interesting to see how rookies respond to a bad start, so this will be something to watch during his next outing, which is scheduled for Thursday against Jacob deGrom of the Texas Rangers.
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