Quote from fenn68 on August 10, 2019, 7:25 am

Looks as though Urias is settling in.

Past 30 days a .365 OBP combined with the plus defense.

Then the bat may be arriving ... in the past 7 days (12 AB) a slash line of 417/533/500 ... small sample size but  going in the right direction.

Doing that batting 8th and ahead of the pitcher bodes well.

Quote from LynchMob on August 14, 2019, 12:55 pm

Replaced Tatis at SS yesterday ... it was only a few innings, but how did he look?

Quote from MrPadre19 on August 14, 2019, 4:31 pm

Looked good today.

I was snoozing last night when he took over.......😉

Quote from Cptjack on August 14, 2019, 10:31 pm

Looked fine, graded as + this season in AAA. Should be fine until Tatis gets back.

Quote from LynchMob on September 14, 2019, 10:58 pm

GIDP to end tonight's game vs Rox ... he seems to be making progress ... and ... he's got work to do ... got his OBP up to .337 before tonight's 1-for-5 ...

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/san-diego-padres-colorado-rockies-390914127/

Quote from fenn68 on September 15, 2019, 4:42 am

His slash line progression is really encouraging given his game is going to be OBP and defense.

April (24 AB): 083/241/125

July (31 AB):  097/300/194

Aug (80 AB):  238/330/338

Sep (36 AB):   361/439/417

Just turned 22 so the prospect projection may actually be evolving at the ML level.

Quote from JasonE135 on September 15, 2019, 2:12 pm

Urias will eventually be a .300 hitter with a high OBP. Pretty much guaranteed. It always gets me how so many people are ready to give up on him already. Not every prospect hits like crazy from the minute they come up. Tatis did sure. But the guy who was supposed to be the best prospect in history (Vlad Jr.) With 80-hitting ability and 70-80-power spent pretty much the whole year hitting under .250 with a whole 13hr. Does anyone think Toronto is going to give up on him? Urias is going to be exactly the kind of hitter we need. If only he was left-handed!

Quote from LynchMob on November 27, 2019, 11:57 am

https://www.mlb.com/padres/news/padres-trade-for-trent-grisham-zach-davies

I'm not happy to lose Urias ... time will tell ... I was not happy when we traded Roberto Alomar ... I like Davies/Grisham ... so maybe.

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/11/padres-to-acquire-trent-grisham.html

"This is a rare need-for-need, value-for-value trade."

 

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/kiley-mcdaniel-chat-11-27-19/

FJM: Lauer and Urias for Grisham and Davies.  Please discourse.

Kiley McDaniel: Urias seems to never have been fully appreciated by SD since they’re a more traditional shop and he’s not a traditional player. Making him a SS and thinking they can figure out a way to optimize his offensive approach around the lack of pop is a very MIL and generally progressive team opinion. This is essentially what OAK did with Semien as well.

Kiley McDaniel: Grishman is LF only and needs to mash, but took a step forward and has mashed, so he’s got a lower-variance set of outcomes without much margin for error

Quote from LynchMob on November 27, 2019, 4:31 pm

I'll hang my hat on this snip from the Kevin Charity article ...

https://madfriars.com/2019/11/27/padres-swap-pitchers-luis-urias-trent-grisham/

“Grisham may have been the most improved player in baseball last year,” said Jim Callis, a senior editor at MLB Pipeline. “He looked terrible in the Arizona Fall League after the 2018 season, then made some swing changes and ended 2019 as a regular on a playoff team. He’s interesting but I would be lying if I said I knew exactly what to make of him. If the improvement is for real, he profiles as an outfield regular — which probably means more trades are coming for the Padres.”