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Julio Urias has been adept at handling Dodgers’ challenges
- Updated: July 21, 2016
7:15 PM ET
WASHINGTON — With his most recent major league start complete, major changes are ahead for Julio Urias, and it does not necessarily have to do with his Twitter account.
Known as @theteenager7 on the social media website, Urias will celebrate his 20th birthday in a little more than three weeks. By then, though, he figures to have an entirely new job description. Perhaps @thereliever7 is about to make its debut.
Urias already was in the midst of his conversion to the bullpen when he was summoned back to the Dodgers to make a start Thursday afternoon against the first-place team in the NL East, the Washington Nationals. He had just one inning and two bullpen sessions under his belt over the last 2½ weeks at Triple-A Oklahoma City, but he made this spot start count.
Urias covered four innings at the outset of the series finale, giving up just one run on five hits and helping the Dodgers beat Stephen Strasburg and the Nationals 6-3, although L.A. third baseman Justin Turner and his two home runs were a major component as well.
Manager Dave Roberts did not reveal a pitch limit for his young pitcher beforehand, but said afterward it was around 75 or 80. Urias finished the day with 77 pitches.
The Dodgers put Julio Urias’ conversion to the bullpen on hold, with the 19-year-old allowing one run over four innings in a spot start against the Nationals. Mitchell Layton/Getty Images
“This guy is a major league pitcher,” catcher A.J. Ellis said. “He belongs here and has proved that he belongs here. Gosh, it’s scary to think he’s 19 years old. What’s going to happen as he goes through the league and figures out ways to sequence his stuff and figures out ways to put guys away with two strikes? It’s going to be really scary what this guy is going to become.”
The Dodgers won’t say what will happen with Urias next, but judging by the fact that he was sent down two weeks ago to begin the …
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