Urias confirmed that he will start Thursday's game in place of Kenta Maeda (hand), the Los Angeles Times' Andy McCullough reports.
It was clear that Urias was going to start either Thursday or Saturday, and now we know he'll take the ball in Wrigley Field against Kyle Hendricks and the Cubs on Thursday. This is obviously not an ideal matchup, but considering he lasted just 2.2 innings in his first big league start last week, he could have low ownership in most daily contests. Urias has top-of-the-rotation stuff, but in Friday's outing it was pretty clear that he wasn't getting some calls he typically gets in the minor leagues. He was actually being a little too fine with his command, and the umpire was not giving him the benefit of the doubt. Given the injuries in the big league rotation, Urias could be up for a handful of turns this time around.