It is a phrase used (and overused) often by baseball sportswriters and even by baseball fans themselves: “Future Hall of Famer.”

At risk of redundancy, 30-year-old Dodgers outfielder/infielder Mookie Betts and 27-year-old Dodgers left-hander Julio Urías are both “Future Hall of Famers” – this you can take to the bank.

In the bottom of the eighth inning of Game-1 of Saturday’s Hurricane-Hillary-induced double-header between the Dodgers and Miami Marlins at Dodger Stadium, Betts roped a two-RBI single to center to turn a 1-1 tie into a 3-1 game and eventual final score.

And then, in the nightcap of a twin bill, the extremely popular and gracious “Future Hall of Famer” slugged not one, but two solo home runs to lead off the bottom of the third and fifth innings respectively, to turn a (wait for it…) 1-1 tie into a 3-1 game and eventual final score.

And then there’s the Dodgers other “Future Hall of Famer,” Julio Urías. All the Culiacan, Mexico native did in Game-2 was toss seven innings of one-run/five-hit baseball to win his 11th game of the season (against four losses), doing so on 100 pitches (68 strikes), while striking out five Marlins batters without giving up a walk. In fact, Urías hasn’t walked a batter in his last 19.1 innings pitched.

“He was awesome. You could just feel the energy tonight and he responded,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said postgame. “The City Connect jerseys (Urías’ favorite), LeBron (James) in the house, crowd really energetic, and he just fed off of it. So, tonight it was the Mookie and Julio show.”

…and what a show it was.

Play Ball!

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