Cleveland Guardians pitching prospect Xzavion Curry set to make major-league debut

The Cleveland Guardians have been unleashing their prospects into the lineup all season long, and now the team is beginning to do the same with its pitching staff.

Right-hander Xzavion Curry is the latest young pitcher to get his chance in the rotation, as the 24-year-old will be making his major-league debut in Monday’s doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers. In his six starts since being promoted to Triple-A Columbus earlier this year, Curry sports a 3.09 ERA with 33 strikeouts in 32 innings. Prior to his promotion, Curry had a 3.65 ERA at Double-A Akron in 13 games (11 starts), striking out 80 batters in 69 innings.

Curry is a former seventh-round pick by Cleveland in the 2019 draft, and is one of the many talented arms in the Guardians organization. Time will only tell whether Curry becomes a rotation or bullpen arm going forward, but he’s got a fastball that can touch the mid-90s with great command, along with a low-80s slider and curveball.

Curry is also Rule 5-eligible this offseason, so the Guardians will likely need to make some room for him on the 40-man roster or possibly package him in a trade of some kind, because he’d be a prime candidate to be selected.

For the moment, however, Curry will be getting his first taste of the majors for the AL Central-leading Guardians.