"The Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball announced this week that they've signed veteran right-hander José Ureña to a one-year contract for the 2026 season. It'll be the first stint overseas for the Premier Talent Sports client, who's previously pitched for 11 major league clubs - including a whopping five teams in 2025 alone. Ureña, 34, split the '25 campaign between the Mets, Twins, Blue Jays, Dodgers and Angels."
"From 2017-18, he pitched 343 2/3 innings with a 3.90 earned run average, a below-average 17% strikeout rate, a solid 8% walk rate and an above-average 46.3% ground-ball rate. He obviously didn't miss many bats, but Ureña was a hard-throwing sinker specialist who kept the ball on the ground and generally did a decent job avoiding home runs."
José Ureña signed a one-year contract with the Rakuten Golden Eagles for the 2026 season, marking his first overseas stint. Ureña pitched for 11 major league clubs and played for five teams in 2025. He logged 55 innings in 2025 with a 4.58 ERA, a 13.9% strikeout rate, a 9.4% walk rate, and a 96.2 mph average on his four-seamer. From 2017–18 he threw 343 2/3 innings with a 3.90 ERA, a 17% strikeout rate, an 8% walk rate, and a 46.3% ground-ball rate. Performance declined after 2019, producing a 5.04 ERA since 2019 in 514 1/3 innings, with recent SIERA of 4.89 and FIP of 4.81. The NPB deal provides guaranteed stability after frequent team changes in 2025.
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