Luis Urías


Luis Fernando Urías Figueroa is a Mexican professional baseball infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball. He made his MLB debut for the San Diego Padres.

Professional career

San Diego Padres

Urías signed with the San Diego Padres as an international free agent in December 2013. He made his professional debut in 2014 with the Rookie League Dominican Summer League Padres, and was promoted to the Rookie League Arizona League Padres after two games; in 45 total games between the two clubs in which he split his time between second base and third base, he batted.297 with no home runs and 14 runs batted in. In the winter of 2014-15 he played for the Yaquis de Obregon of the Mexican Pacific Winter League, batting.158 in 12 games. In 2015, he played for the Class A- Tri-City Dust Devils and the Class A Fort Wayne TinCaps, posting a combined.299 batting average with no home runs and 17 RBIs in 61 total games between the two teams. In the winter of 2015-16, he played again for the Yaquis de Obregon of the Mexican Pacific Winter League, batting.280 with no home runs and 11 RBIs in 36 games. Urías played primarily in 2016 for the Class A+ Lake Elsinore Storm, for whom in 120 games he batted.330 with five home runs, 52 RBIs, a.397 OBP, and an.836 OPS. In July he played in three games for the El Paso Chihuahuas of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, batting 9-for-15 with one home run, as a brief replacement for players who were selected to the All-Star Futures Game.
Urías was chosen to play for the Mexico national baseball team in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. In 2017, he played for the San Antonio Missions of the Class AA Texas League, where as he split his time between second base and shortstop he posted a.296 batting average with three home runs, 38 RBIs, a.380 slugging percentage, and a.778 OPS. Urías entered 2018 ranked the #32 prospect in the minor leagues by Baseball America, #36 by major league baseball, and #74 by Baseball Prospectus. He began the season with the El Paso Chihuahuas. After producing at a.296/.398/.447 clip over 120 games with the team, he was called up to the major leagues on August 28.
In 2018 with the San Diego Padres, Urías batted.208/.264/.354 with two home runs in 48 at bats. On September 11 he suffered a left hamstring injury, ending his season.

Milwaukee Brewers

On November 27, 2019, the Padres traded Urías and Eric Lauer to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Trent Grisham, Zach Davies, and cash considerations or a player to be named later. On July 6, 2020, it was announced that Urías had tested positive for COVID-19.