Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias is heading into his closing season underneath contract with Los Angeles, coming off two excellent seasons and seeking to head into free company on a excessive notice. If his 2023 is something like his 2021 and 2022 seasons, he’ll be a extremely coveted pitcher on subsequent offseason’s market.
Over on the New York Put up, MLB insider Jon Heyman writes about gamers who could possibly be targets of the Mets and their proprietor, Steve “Daddy Warbucks” Cohen, subsequent 12 months.
Julio UriasHe’ll be the highest pitcher available on the market subsequent 12 months (until you depend [Shohei] Ohtani as a pitcher, and maybe even then), he’s younger, he’s clutch. Don’t disregard.
As at all times, it’s price noting that Urias is a Scott Boras consumer, and Heyman has considerably of a historical past of … properly … let’s simply charitably say he typically passes alongside data from the Boras camp in such a way to make him extra part of the Boras advertising crew than a reporter. So this might simply be an early instance of Boras advertising his consumer by linking him to the richest proprietor within the sport.
Nonetheless, it is sensible, as a result of Urias might be one of many high pitchers available on the market subsequent 12 months, and the Mets will nonetheless have a wealthy proprietor who loves throwing his cash round.
We’ve talked just lately about the potential of the Dodgers signing Urias to an extension earlier than he hits free company, and whereas it’s unlikely, it’s not as unprecedented as some Boras critics would have you ever imagine. If Julio does find yourself testing the free company waters, although, it’s going to be fairly a bidding struggle.
For now, let’s simply hope Julio has such a very good season this 12 months that he makes the bidding struggle occur.
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