Los Angeles Dodgers 19-year-old pitching prospect Julio Urias will make his major-league debut against the New York Mets on Friday.
Urias, a lefty who was signed by Los Angeles at age 16, is slated to oppose the Mets’ Jacob deGrom at Citi Field, the Dodgers announced in Thursday. Urias, a native of Mexico, will start in place of Alex Wood, who is suffering from triceps soreness in his (left) throwing arm.
Urias is slated to be become the youngest pitcher to pitch in a major-league game in more than a decade. Felix Hernandez debuted with the Seattle Mariners in 2005 at age 19 years and 118 days old.
Urias, who will be 19 years and 298 days old on Friday, will be the youngest Dodgers pitcher to take the mound since a Fernando Valenzuela debuted at age 19 as a reliever in September 1980.
