The Marlins have claimed right-hander Xzavion Curry off waivers from the Guardians, the groups introduced Friday. Cleveland designated Curry for project earlier within the week. In an effort to open area on the 40-man roster, Miami designated righty Shaun Anderson for project.
Curry, who lately turned 26, was the group’s seventh-round choose again in 2019. He made his large league debut in 2022 and has ranked as extremely as No. 22 within the Guardians’ farm system on Baseball America’s prospect rankings. Regardless of that, nonetheless, he’s but to seek out a lot success within the majors. He’s logged 129 innings and yielded a 4.53 ERA, together with a very powerful 5.84 mark on this 12 months’s 24 2/3 innings. Curry has a powerful 7.3% stroll fee within the majors however a lackluster 15.2% strikeout fee. He’s seen each his 92-93 mph fastball and his curveball hit exhausting by large leaguers — notably the latter (.321/.355/.607).
He hasn’t fared notably effectively in Triple-A both, however Curry had strong numbers up by means of Double-A, has good command of the strike zone and is within the second of three minor league choice years. He’ll give Miami some size within the bullpen or an choice to step right into a rotation that’s been depleted by myriad accidents and the deadline commerce of southpaw Trevor Rogers.
