Everyone who plays a role gets a ring. It’s one of Major League Baseball’s nicer quirks when it comes to winning the World Series. No matter how big or small a player’s role was during the season (whether he starts all 162 games or has just one at-bat) he can call himself a champion at the end of the year.
There are two players at home watching the World Series knowing that no matter who wins, they will receive a championship ring. They each spent time with both the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays before finishing the season playing elsewhere.
Jose Ureña and Buddy Kennedy probably don’t have a major interest that leans heavily one way or the other.
Jose Ureña deserves a ring with 15.1 IP
Ureña’s tenure at each club was short-lived. In fact, his tenure with all five teams the right-hander pitched this season, tying an MLB record, was short. Collectively, he threw a total of 55.0 IP over 19 appearances on the season. He started the year with the New York Mets and ended it with the Los Angeles Angels.
In between, Ureña made six appearances, including a pair of starts, for the Blue Jays, totaling 12.1 IP (5 ER, 5 K, 3 BB). After being released by Toronto, he signed with the Dodgers and would work 3.0 IP over three relief appearances (1 ER, 2 K, 1 BB) before re-entering the free agent market.
23 PA is enough for Buddy Kennedy
Kennedy spent most of the season in the minor leagues, with his total time in the big league spanning 32 PA over 13 games. Philadelphia released the New Jersey native (Kennedy went to the same high school as Mike Trout) in early July, and he would sign with the Blue Jays. The infielder appeared in a pair of games and went 1-for-5 with a walk and a double.
He would appear in seven more games with Los Angeles after the Dodgers claimed him off waivers. Kennedy went 1-for-17 with LA before being released. He would return to the Blue Jays organization and finish the season with Triple-A Buffalo.
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