Richard Ureña

Richard Ureña Castillo (born February 26, 1996) is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop who is a free agent.

[2] Ureña was promoted to the Rookie Advanced Bluefield Blue Jays of the Appalachian League for the start of the 2014 season, and recorded a 28-game streak of reaching base safely.

[6] Ureña was called up to the High–A Dunedin Blue Jays in early July, and played 30 games there before returning to Lansing.

[9] Ureña recorded his first career five-hit game on July 9 which gave him 91 hits on the season, raising his batting average to .292 and tying him with Scott Kingery for first place in the Florida State League.

[12] On August 10, Ureña hit three triples against the Bowie Baysox, which set a Fisher Cats single-game record.

[14] Ureña spent the entire 2017 minor league season with Double-A New Hampshire, and hit .247 with five home runs and 60 RBI in a career-high 129 games played.

[15] However, due to an intercostal strain which included a rehab assignment with the Dunedin Blue Jays, he did not join the Bisons until May 2.

[16] On August 31, 2017, Blue Jays' manager John Gibbons announced that Ureña would be called up on September 1.

[18] On September 12, he walked off the Baltimore Orioles, hitting an RBI single off closer Zach Britton to give the Blue Jays a 3–2 victory.