Rockies right-hander John Curtiss went unclaimed on waivers and was assigned outright to Triple-A Albuquerque, per the crew’s MLB.com transaction log. He has the precise to reject that project in favor of free company. If he accepts, he’ll stick to the Rox group in Triple-A however not occupy a spot on the 40-man roster.
Curtiss signed a minor league take care of Colorado over the winter, was chosen to the large league roster in Might, and rejected an outright project after being designated for project. He’s since returned on an extra pair of minor league offers — opting out as soon as alongside the way in which — and was chosen again to the large league roster in late July. He’s pitched 2 1/3 MLB innings this yr and been tagged for 4 runs. His Triple-A piece has been vastly higher. In an especially hitter-friendly setting, he’s posted 38 innings of 4.03 ERA ball with a sub-par 18.5% strikeout charge in opposition to a robust 7.4% stroll charge.
The Rockies are the seventh large league crew for which the journeyman Curtiss has pitched. He’s amassed 108 2/3 innings within the majors and sports activities a lifetime 4.06 ERA with a roughly common 22.7% strikeout charge and sharp 7% stroll charge. He was at his finest in 2020-21 when he pitched 69 1/3 frames with a 2.86 earned run common, 24.1% strikeout charge and 5.2% stroll charge between the Rays, Marlins and (far more briefly) Brewers. Milwaukee acquired Curtiss from Miami on the 2021 commerce deadline, however he pitched simply 4 1/3 innings earlier than requiring Tommy John surgical procedure.
