Luis Urías

BIOGRAPHY

Luis Fernando Urias Figueroa was born on June 3, 1997 in Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, Mexico. He is an infielder in the MLB.

Urías signed with the San Diego Padres as an international free agent in December 2013. He made his professional debut in 2014 with the Rookie League Dominican Summer League Padres, and was promoted to the Rookie League Arizona League Padres after two games; in 45 total games between the two clubs in which he split his time between second base and third base, he batted .297 with no home runs and 14 RBIs. In the winter of 2014-15 he played for the Yaquis de Obregon of the Mexican Pacific Winter League, batting .158 in 12 games. In 2015, he played for the Class A- Tri-City Dust Devils and the Class A Fort Wayne TinCaps, posting a combined .299 batting average with no home runs and 17 RBIs in 61 total games between the two teams.

In the winter of 2015-16 he played again for the Yaquis de Obregon of the Mexican Pacific Winter League, batting .280 with no home runs and 11 RBIs in 36 games. Urías played primarily in 2016 for the Class A+ Lake Elsinore Storm, for whom in 120 games he batted .330 with five home runs (his first in the minor leagues), 52 RBIs, a .397 OBP, and an .836 OPS. In July he played in three games for the El Paso Chihuahuas of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, batting 9-for-15 with one home run, as a brief replacement for players who were selected to the All-Star Futures Game.

Urías was chosen to play for the Mexico national baseball team in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. In 2017, he played for the San Antonio Missions of the Class AA Texas League, where as he split his time between second base and shortstop he posted a .296 batting average with three home runs, 38 RBIs, a .380 slugging percentage, and a .778 OPS.

Urías entered 2018 ranked the #32 prospect in the minor leagues by Baseball America, #36 by major league baseball, and #74 by Baseball Prospectus. He began the season with the El Paso Chihuahuas. After producing at a .296/.398/.447 clip over 120 games with the team, he was called up to the major leagues on August 28. In 2018 with the San Diego Padres, Urías batted .208/.264/.354 with two home runs in 48 at bats. 

On November 27, 2019, Urías was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers.

On May 31, 2021, Urías recorded his first career walk-off hit off of Detroit Tigers reliever José Cisnero. Urías finished the 2021 season batting .249/.345/.445 with 23 home runs and 75 RBIs in 150 games.

On August 1, 2023, Urías was traded to the Boston Red Sox for minor-league pitcher Bradley Blalock.