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Brewers Designate Jose Ureña For Assignment

By Tim Dierkes and Anthony Franco | May 2, 2022 at 10:36am CDT

The Brewers designated righty José Ureña for assignment, according to Will Sammon of The Athletic.  Additionally, Luis Urías has returned from his IL stint and figures to reassume his role as the team’s primary third baseman.

Ureña signed a minor league deal with Milwaukee in Spring Training but was selected onto the big league roster the following day. Ticketed for relief work thanks to the Brew Crew’s loaded rotation, Ureña wound up making just four appearances. He tallied 7 2/3 innings of five-run ball, walking five batters while striking out only three. He generated swinging strikes on a below-average 9.1% of his offerings.

While Ureña has never had especially strong control or swing-and-miss numbers, he has typically managed high-end ground-ball rates throughout his career. Early on in his Milwaukee tenure, though, his grounder rate sat at a league average 42.9%. Ultimately, the Brewers decided to move forward without the 30-year-old as part of today’s deadline to trim active rosters from 28 to 26 players.

Ureña will now be traded or placed on waivers in the coming days. As a player with more than five big league service years, he has the right to refuse an outright assignment even if he passes through waivers unclaimed. Ureña has averaged north of 96 MPH on his fastball through the season’s first few weeks, so he figures to at least attract interest on a minor league deal if another club isn’t willing to grant him an immediate MLB roster spot.

Urías missed the season’s first month due to a left quad issue. He’s now in line to make his season debut after positing a career-best .249/.345/.445 showing over 570 plate appearances in 2021. His return will be a welcome development for a Brewers team that has gotten a meager .182/.289/.227 line from its replacement third basemen — primarily Jace Peterson and Mike Brosseau — thus far.

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  1. bravesnation nc

    2 weeks ago

    Braves pick him up. Lol

    Reply
    • Milwaukee-2208

      2 weeks ago

      He’d drill Acuna during a simulated game

      Reply
      • John Rocker Fan Club

        2 weeks ago

        I was hoping he’d still be with the club by the time they play the Braves.

        Reply
      • Rsox

        2 weeks ago

        Is there a such thing as “friendly fire” in MLB?

        Reply
    • FredMcGriff for the HOF

      2 weeks ago

      @bravesnc. No thanks on that. There are still plenty of SP options in AAA. I’m not a fan of Urena one bit. I doubt AA would go for that would most likely make Acuna unhappy.

      Reply
      • dadofdonnydownvote

        2 weeks ago

        My money is on Acuna in a fair fight.

        Reply
  2. Bigben74

    2 weeks ago

    Urias’ .148/.258/.185 slash line in 27 ABs at AA doesn’t isn’t much better than what the Crew has gotten thus far from OBJ and Brosseau. Here’s hoping he can find his form at the big league level.

    Reply
    • Vanilla Good

      2 weeks ago

      He deserves a bit bigger sample size before we pass judgement, no?

      Reply
      • Bigben74

        2 weeks ago

        No judgement, just sayin he may have to round into form on the fly. Brewers fans aren’t the most patient fanbase, so I can see fans screaming ONE YEAR WONDER if he doesn’t hit from the jump

        Reply
        • cwizzy6

          2 weeks ago

          …Brewers fans arent patient? What?

    • MannyPineappleExpress9

      2 weeks ago

      Not going to freak out too much considering it was basically his spring training, and rehab assignment too.
      Plus we Brewer fans know he gets his mojo from playing alongside Adames so we’ll at least give him a week before screaming for his demotion/release/DFA…

      Reply
      • Bigben74

        2 weeks ago

        right and 27 ABs is a week of spring training, so it might be 2-3 weeks before he finds his form at the big league level. Tho facing the Reds pitchers may be easier than the guys Urias has seen at AA

        😛

        Reply
    • Milwaukee-2208

      2 weeks ago

      27 at bats? Really? Yeah let’s judge the guy who’s done nothing but improve season after season on a 27 at bat simulated spring

      Reply
      • Bigben74

        2 weeks ago

        lighten up Francis. Just stating what his numbers were in AA and that we shouldn’t expect him to come outta the gates with a hitting laser show

        Reply
    • Joe It All

      2 weeks ago

      I didn’t know Odell Beckham played for the Brewers much less played baseball.

      Reply
      • Bigben74

        2 weeks ago

        I was talking about On Base Jace, not sure what some former NFL WR has to do with the convo

        Reply
  3. hiflew

    2 weeks ago

    Easy Reds claim here. He is better than 50% of their pitching staff.

    Reply
    • DarkSide830

      2 weeks ago

      too expensive

      Reply
    • John Rocker Fan Club

      2 weeks ago

      Claim him today and he can walk to the visitors clubhouse.

      Reply
    • Rsox

      2 weeks ago

      He would probably go right into their rotation

      Reply
  4. pmollan

    2 weeks ago

    Luis Urías is about to become a star.

    Reply
    • Lefty_Orioles_Fan

      2 weeks ago

      @PM

      Now, if Ramon Urias would do the same for the Orioles

      Reply
  5. kripes-brewers

    2 weeks ago

    Not too high on any of the bench bats at this point, and glad Peterson will see less playing time. Tough watching all these guys continue to strike out or top a grounder for an easy DP. Adames is the only guy I see actually watching the ball hit the bat. Everyone else is swinging for the fences and jerking their heads. Tellez has that lead arm golf swing that somehow connects occasionally. Cutch will be fine. Overall, we’re not seeing enough improvement on offense to expect a different outcome than last year.

    Reply
    • Milwaukee-2208

      2 weeks ago

      Idk why Nelson Cruz was not the prime target out of the lockout? And Lorenzo Cain needs to be released. Tyrone needs everyday playing time. Cains run out of juice but unfortunately is making way too much

      Reply
      • solaris602

        2 weeks ago

        I think everyone knew Cain would be gassed by the end of the contract, but now MIL has to figure out what to do with him.

        Reply
        • John Rocker Fan Club

          2 weeks ago

          He should be the 4th outfielder and can sub defensively

      • kripes-brewers

        2 weeks ago

        Yeah, he still has that swagger and occasionally makes a superstar play out there yet. I’d want to give Cain a little run yet, but we should see Taylor playing more CF now; every other day would be a good start. Cain always was a contact guy and is still good on the base paths but you gotta get on to see it. I feel like I gotta see more small ball from these guys and I can’t figure out why Counsell doesn’t play these guys that way. Tellez is the only prototypical power guy in the lineup. The rest just have to figure out how to drive the ball to the gaps and stop with this launch angle junk.

        Reply
  6. Louholtz22

    2 weeks ago

    Urias can hit the ball over the outfield fence. That’s good. Peterson can’t. That’s bad. Brossue (sp). Will be gone

    Reply
  7. Cohn Joppolella

    2 weeks ago

    Urena to the Orioles.

    Reply
  8. Jacksson13

    2 weeks ago

    Example of why both the 26 man MLB Roster and the Team 40 man roster are antiquated and obsolete for today’s game.

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