During the course of spring training, the various Opening Day roster projections for the Los Angeles Angels did not feature Walbert Ureña's name very often at all. No one denied that the Angels' 19th-ranked prospect according to MLB Pipeline had real arm talent, but the Angels just had arms without minor league options and/or more experienced pitchers at their disposal. At the end of the day, Ureña had just a single appearance at Triple-A last year.
However, a number of developments have changed the Angels' decision calculus. With Alek Manoah, who is having a rough spring, hurting his own candidacy, and Grayson Rodriguez being hurt (again), the Angels have to shuffle guys around to make do in their bullpen and rotation.