José Ureña had a record-setting year in 2025, and that included a week with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Ureña not only joined the Buddy Kennedy club, playing for both World Series teams — the Dodgers and Blue Jays — but the veteran pitcher tied a major league record by pitching for five teams in 2025. Only three players in National League/American League history have played for five teams in one season, and all are pitchers, a byproduct of the modern trend of teams churning through pitchers at a rapid rate.

Oliver Drake was the modern trendsetter with his five-team 2018, and Mike Baumann in 2024 did the same. Outfielder Bobo Leonard also played for five teams in the Negro Leagues in 1924.

Ureña’s first stop of 2025 was with the Mets, for whom he had a perfect stint in my opinion — one appe

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