FACTS/FLUKES: J. Urías, Cron, López, Grisham, A. García

Urías sees early SwK drop... Entering the season as an early-round selection at his 36 ADP, Julio Urías (LHP, LA) has seen a drop in his velocity and his swinging strikes. While he has picked up a few more swinging strikes in his last three starts, is there any cause for concern? 

Year   IP   ERA/xERA  BB%   K% K-BB Ball%  Vel   SwK    G/L/F    H%/S%  HR/F/xHR/F
====  ===  =========  === ==== ==== =====  ====  ====  ========  =====  ==========
2018    4  0.00/1.23   0%  54%  54%   26%  93.1  22.4  50/17/33  19/ 0    0%/  1%
2019   80  2.49/4.14   8%  26%  18%   36%  95.2  14.4  39/22/39  27/81    9%/  9%
2020   55  3.27/5.04   8%  20%  12%   34%  94.2  12.5  33/22/46  27/74    7%/ 10%
2021  186  2.96/3.73   5%  26%  21%   30%  94.1 ...

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