San Diego Padres unwilling to part with Luis Urias for Noah Syndergaard
By Ben Fadden
I was told on Friday afternoon that Luis Urias was a player the New York Mets “brought up” in trade talks about Noah Syndergaard, but the San Diego Padres “did not have much interest” in including him in a deal. Here’s more information on what I learned.
The San Diego Padres have been interested in acquiring a controllable starting pitcher, whether that was Trevor Bauer or Noah Syndergaard.
Well, it seems like the Padres were close to getting Syndergaard, but the talks between the two clubs didn’t lead to a trade after the New York Mets wanted back a package including second basemen Luis Urias.
The Athletic’s Dennis Lin told me on Friday afternoon that “Luis Urias was one player the Mets brought up that the Padres did not have interest in moving.”
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He also stated that “The Mets asking price changed a lot, not just with the Padres.”
Lin also made it clear that the Mets might have been just laying the groundwork for a deal to come in the offseason.
“Teams got the impression that they might have been on a fishing expedition in advance of the offseason,” he said.
It is interesting the Padres were not interested in moving Urias. He is their #4 prospect, behind MacKenzie Gore, newly acquired Taylor Trammell, and Luis Patino.
Urias has not worked out like Padres fans envisioned since he was called up last season in September. He played just 15 games in 2018 before sustaining a hamstring injury in Seattle.
In 2019, he did not make the Opening Day roster but was called up shortly after that, making his first appearance of 2019 on April 8 against the Giants.
After 24 at-bats he was sent down to get back to being more of a contact hitter. The organization worked with him on modifying his leg kick, making it smaller for more consistency.
He was then called back up on July 20 in Chicago and since then has only five hits, but has made solid contact the majority of the time.
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Before Friday’s game vs the Dodgers, Urias was hitting .103 with just 1 HR in 58 at-bats. As of now, he still seems to be the San Diego Padres second basemen of the future, but there might be a change of plans in the winter.