Urias, who was optioned to Triple-A Tacoma on May 24, sports a .382 average and 1.093 OPS across 40 plate appearances over his last nine games with the Rainiers.Urias has been a mainstay for the Triple-A club since his demotion, but his current stretch, which includes two doubles, two home runs, eight RBI, five walks, a stolen base and 11 runs, has easily been his best yet while down on the farm.
Acquired in an offseason trade with the Boston Red Sox, Urias started out the year in a third base platoon with Josh Rojas. The 27-year-old had three homers and 12 RBI while sporting an OPS+ of only 70. Because he's not on the 40-man roster, the Mariners don't have an easy way to bring Urias back into the fold right now, though they certainly could benefit from any boost in offense. Leo Rivas is playing well at the major league level and you wouldn't want to remove him. They also won't remove JP Crawford for obvious reasons or prospect Ryan Bliss.
Urias is in the seventh year of his career with the San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, Red Sox and Mariners. He hit a career-high 23 homers back in 2021 with Milwaukee.RELATED SEATTLE MARINERS CONTENT:: The latest episode of the "Refuse to Lose" podcast is out as Brady Farkas talks about the Mariners firing Scott Servais, hiring Dan Wilson and Jerry Dipoto getting to stay on the job. Furthermore, we are joined by Ty Buttrey, who played most of this season at Triple-A Tacoma.