Urena tossed 1.2 perfect innings with two strikeouts Wednesday against the Dodgers for his first save of the year.
With typical closer A.J. Ramos having collected saves on three consecutive days coming in, he got a rest and the team called instead on Urena despite the two-run, five-hit disaster he put up in his first appearance of the season last week. Now 24, Urena struggled mightily in his first taste of the majors last year -- he put up a miserable 28:25 K:BB, 5.25 ERA and 1.59 WHIP -- and Wednesday aside, he hasn't been much better to start this year. We should more commonly see David Phelps step in if Ramos is unavailable, but Phelps had himself already pitched on consecutive days.