Urias (1-0) earned the victory Thursday against the Diamondbacks, yielding two runs on just four hits, no walks and a hit by pitch over six frames in an 8-2 win. He struck out six.
Urias was very efficient, needing just 79 pitches to cover his six frames. He cruised after allowing a single run in each of the first two innings, facing the minimum the rest of the way. Urias debuted a slider-cutter hybrid in the outing, per Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic, with the pitch generating two swinging strikes on eight swings. Some natural regression is coming for Urias following last year's 2.16 ERA, which came with a 3.71 FIP, but he should remain a master at inducing weak contact and perhaps the new pitch can help boost his strikeout total.