Dodgers: Urias Is Walking Clayton Kershaw’s Path

It’s not often that a once-in-a-generation pitching prospect comes around, but how rare would two for one team in a span of eight years be? The Dodgers had Clayton Kershaw come up when he was 20. Now they have Julio Urias who came up at 19 and seems destined for a similar path.

As good as Dodgers’ future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw is, Julio Urias may have an even higher ceiling than Kershaw (if that’s even possible). When Kershaw first arrived in the big leagues, he was primarily a two-pitch pitcher with a mid-90s fastball and his knee-buckling curveball.

Urias already has four pitches he uses. They are a mid-90s fastball, a slider, a tilting curveball, and a changeup that is already…