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Minors: Padres’ Luis Urias keeping focus on work in front of him as he slugs way through PCL

EL PASO, Texas —

Scouts have long pegged Luis Urias as a future .300 hitter with the potential to one day run down a batting title or two. His strike zone judgment is among the best in the Padres’ system. His hand-eye coordination is elite. His hands are quick, allowing him to spray line drives to all parts of the field when he’s right. Evaluators paying attention to social media streams late Sunday night might have added a new 80-grade tool — trolling — to their Urias reports had they known the backstory of the photo that the 22-year-old infielder posted to Instagram.