NEW YORK — The kid said it was the best day of his life, the happiest day of his life.
Do you blame him? Julio Urias is 19 years old, he was pitching in a real major league game, and everyone was rushing to say how great he's going to be.
Maybe he will be. No matter how bad the numbers were Friday night, when the kid needed 81 pitches to get eight outs and allow three runs, nothing that happened at Citi Field should change anything anyone thinks of him.
Well, almost nothing, because you know the Los Angeles Dodgers were hoping Urias was ready to hand a big spark to their underwhelming team.