Jose Urquidy

Bats R Throws R6'0" 217 lbBorn 1995 Mazatlan, MéxicoDebut 2019Team DETContract 1 y/$1.5M (26) 2026: $505,348

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	189	19.0	6.9	3.58	20.0	6.58	99.7
2027							101.7
2028							100.0

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 98 PITCH+ the next season; 5 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Daisuke Matsuzaka	2011	103.0	75.6	215
2	Chad Billingsley	2015	102.2	did not play
3	Homer Bailey	2016	100.1	84.9	420
4	Joey Lucchesi	2023	101.3	95.2	46
5	Joe Blanton	2011	100.1	97.5	806
6	Jimmy Nelson	2019	98.0	did not play
7	Kris Medlen	2016	106.1	did not play
8	Julio Teheran	2021	102.7	did not play
9	Chris Narveson	2012	98.5	138.9	8
10	Mike Montgomery	2020	100.4	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	H	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	DET	2	0	0	0
2023	HOU	16	0	0	0
2022	HOU	29	0	0	0
2021	HOU	20	4	1	3	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.500	33.2
2020	HOU	5	0	0	0
2019	HOU	9	4	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-116.6
Career		81	8	1	6	0.125	0.125	0.125	0.250	-41.7

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									189				101.7
2026*									71				88.5	95.3	83.8
2025	DET	0	0	7.71	2	0	0	2.3	14	0	3	3	71.8	99.4	71.2
2023	HOU	3	3	5.29	16	10	1	63.0	275	11	25	45	93.1	102.5	95.5
2022	HOU	13	8	3.94	29	28	0	164.3	681	29	38	134	98.9	99.2	98.1
2021	HOU	8	3	3.62	20	20	0	107.0	423	17	19	90	111.0	99.1	110.1
2020	HOU	1	1	2.73	5	5	0	29.7	116	4	8	17	116.2	99.9	116.1
2019	HOU	2	1	3.95	9	7	0	41.0	167	6	7	40	113.3	101.0	114.4
Career		27	16	4.00	81	70	1	407.3	1676	67	100	329	103.4		103.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	4	90.7	7.2	0.0	0.0	12.5	33.3	0.122	0.134	0.110
2019	4	75.1	-61.4	0.0	0.0	12.5	20.0	0.058	0.062	0.053

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	DET	P	2	2	0	0	0		-0.0
2023	HOU	P	16	63	2	9	1	1.000	+0.8
2022	HOU	P	29	164	6	11	1	1.000	-0.7
2021	HOU	P	20	107	6	6	0	1.000	-0.5
2020	HOU	P	5	30	4	2	0	1.000	-0.0
2019	HOU	P	9	41	3	3	1	1.000	+0.2

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pit	332	83.2 IP, 22% K	3.68
2026	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Pit	48	12.0 IP, 12% K	2.25
2026	AAA	nan	Pit	380	95.2 IP, 21% K	3.50
2025	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Pit	65	16.2 IP, 22% K	3.33
2024	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	27	6.1 IP, 22% K	5.90
2023	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	40	9.0 IP, 18% K	5.00
2023	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	22	5.0 IP, 18% K	3.60
2021	AAA	Sugar Land Skeeters	Pit	32	9.0 IP, 34% K	2.00
2019	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	133	33.0 IP, 30% K	4.09
2019	AAA	Round Rock Express	Pit	293	70.0 IP, 32% K	4.63
2018	A+	Buies Creek Astros	Pit	185	46.0 IP, 21% K	2.35
2016	A+	Lancaster JetHawks	Pit	186	44.0 IP, 23% K	3.48
2016	A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Pit	333	81.1 IP, 25% K	2.66
2015	Rk	Greeneville Astros	Pit	82	21.1 IP, 30% K	2.13

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.000	0.450		0.225
2019		0.000		0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	3	0	0
2020	4	0	0
2019	4	2	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	11	2	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2023	1	0	5.40	3	2	10.0	10	5	2	8	1.20
2022	0	0	0.00	1	0	3.0	1	0	1	4	0.67
2021	2	1	8.22	3	2	7.7	12	2	2	8	1.83
2020	0	1	4.02	4	3	15.7	12	4	6	12	1.15
2019	1	0	0.90	4	1	10.0	9	1	2	12	1.10
Career	4	2	4.08	15	8	46.3	44	12	13	44	1.23