Walbert Ureña
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4 entriesThe Angels' quiet ace. Six scoreless innings with seven strikeouts in his most recent outing, only 5 earned runs over his last five starts. Available in half of 10-team leagues and deserves to be in your rotation right now.
The changeup-sinker combination is generating a 52% groundball rate and keeping the ball in the park. The changeup is a legitimate swing-and-miss weapon at 36.7% whiff rate; the sinker needs command work but does not torpedo the profile. Nine solid starts and still available in 72% of leagues — the arbitrage window is closing fast.
Ureña has been one of the quietest pitching stories in the AL since May 1 — 2.08 ERA across 39 innings, with a dominant May (1.67 ERA, 23:12 K:BB in 27 innings). He's not a strikeout machine but he's been elite at limiting damage. At 28% ownership he is genuinely underpriced for a pitcher producing at this level. Add immediately in 12+ team leagues before the market catches up.
8 K in 6 innings after being recalled this week. The Angels rotation is thin enough to give Urena a real leash. Deep-league streaming option with K upside.
Pitcher Matchups
6 entriesStarted vs STL (0W-0L, N/A ERA)
Started vs Athletics (1W-4L, 3.29 ERA)
Started @ Cleveland Guardians (1W-3L, 3.22 ERA)
Started vs Chicago White Sox (0W-3L, 3.86 ERA)
Started vs New York Mets (0W-3L, 4.76 ERA)
Started @ Kansas City Royals (0W-2L, 2.35 ERA)