José Luis Hernández Urquidy, professionally called José Urquidy is a Mexican professional baseball player. José plays as a pitcher for the Houston Astros baseball team of Major League Baseball (MLB) and earns an average annual salary of $748,700 from them.
He was born and raised in Mexico in a town called Mazatlán on May 1, 1995. He played baseball whiles growing up in his birth town in Mexico. In 2015, the Houston Astros signed him as an international free agent.
He made his professional debut that same year after the Astros assigned him to spend the season with both the Greeneville Astros and Tri-City Valley Cats. He played for both the Quad Cities River Bandits and Lancaster JetHawks during the 2016 minor league season.
He did not play in the 2017 season as he was still recovering from a Tommy John surgery. He returned to the games the following season in 2018 and played between Tri-City and the Buies Creek Astros. He started the 2019 season with the Corpus Christi Hooks and later earned a promotion to play with the Round Rock Express.
The Astros selected his contract and promoted him to the major leagues on July 2, 2019. He made his MLB debut that day. when they played versus the Colorado Rockies.
How Tall Is José Urquidy?
José Urquidy has a height of 1.83 m.