Infielder Luis Urías, one of the Milwaukee Brewers’ key off-season acquisitions, has been brought to the United States by the club to evaluate a left wrist issue that caused him to stop playing winter ball in Mexico.

Acquired Nov. 27 from San Diego in a four-player trade, the 22-year-old Urías was expected to compete this spring with incumbent Orlando Arcia for the Brewers' starting shortstop job. Now, with spring training less than three weeks from opening, the club is waiting to see if Urías will be physically ready to take part in camp, or worse yet, need a medical procedure.

“Luis began to experience some wrist soreness toward the end of his time playing winter ball,” Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns said Saturday. “Once he reported the soreness, he immediately stopped playing.

“We have been able to secure a visa for Luis and have him in the U.S. for evaluation. We should have more answers by the middle of next week.”

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Urías was playing for Obregon in his native Mexico when he began experiencing wrist soreness during the playoffs and was removed from action. After a slow start, he was performing well there, batting .288 with five homers and 20 RBI in 30 games, with a .400 OBP and .858 OPS.

Urías was acquired with left-hander Eric Lauer, who will be in the Brewers' starting rotation, from the Padres in exchange for right-hander Zach Davies and outfielder Trent Grisham. He split time between shortstop and second base in San Diego, but Stearns said after making the trade that Urías would compete with Arcia at short. Keston Hiura is slated to be the primary second baseman.

“This is a player who has performed at very high levels at very young ages throughout his career,” Stearns said at the time of the trade. “We’ve got a lot of time before opening day but we certainly expect this player to impact our major-league team this year.”

Considered one of the top infield prospects in baseball as he rose through the Padres’ system, Urías batted .308 with 36 home runs and 219 RBI in 540 games in the minors, with a .830 OPS. In 73 games last year at Class AAA El Paso, he hit .315 with 19 homers, 50 RBI and a .998 OPS.

Urías played in 71 games for the Padres in 2019 and struggled at the plate, batting .224 with four homers, 24 RBI and .655 OPS. He played 41 games at shortstop in place of injured Fernando Tatis Jr. and 26 games at second base.

The Brewers were unhappy with the play of Arcia last season, both at the plate and at times in the field. He batted .223 in 152 games with 15 homers, 59 RBI, 109 strikeouts and .283 OBP.

“We did not have good shortstop production last year (.612 OPS, last in the National League), and we have been open about that,” Stearns said in November. “For us to ultimately do what we want to do and be the type of team we want to be, production from that position needs to improve.”