Dodgers News: Julio Urias Says His Contract Status Isn’t a Distraction This Year

El Culichi is staying focused on the current season.

It wasn't the best performance from Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias on Wednesday, who allowed eight runs off of eight hits and only dealt two strikeouts in the Dodgers' 8-5 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday afternoon. 

Despite the result, the Dodgers snapped the O's eight-game win streak by winning on Monday, and Wednesday's win helped the Orioles avoid a series sweep, in which they haven't experienced in 14 months. 

Slowly but surely, Urias is trying to find his rhythm again since recently coming off a long-stint from the injured list. It wasn't his best performance, and he knows it. 

"Just inconsistency from me all around, the offense gave me a great start in the first inning, and there was just a lack of consistency in my command." 

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Urias has struggled all year to stay healthy, and when he is considered healthy enough to start, he hasn't been playing like the ace we know and love. 

It makes you wonder: Could the possibility of leaving the Dodgers in the offseason be on the back of Urias' mind? 

Urias denies those claims. 

“Obviously everybody knows what’s happening, it’s not a secret. But my focus is on baseball and feeling good...I don’t worry about the results, I worry more about feeling good and that’s what I’m still searching for, being more and more consistent every time I get on the mound. I’m still optimistic and I’m confident that it’ll come.”

Over the next few weeks, Urias will look to clean up his form for LA — not only from the Dodgers' sake, but for the sake of his impending free agency... even though he isn't worrying about it.