Xzavion Curry is back in the majors, and the Mets are the team giving him the latest shot.
New York added the former Guardians right-hander to its roster on July 8, moving Matt Seelinger off the 40-man with a designation for assignment. Curry didn’t have to wait long to get into a game, either. He made his season debut later that day and threw one inning in the Mets’ 6-2 win over the Royals.
For Curry, the return comes after a winding path back to a big league mound. He opened the year with the Tigres de Quintana Roo in the Mexican League before joining the Mets’ organization in May. From there, he put together a 4.74 ERA in 49 1/3 innings at Triple-A, then finished June with a sharper stretch: a 3.33 ERA over 27 innings, along with 19 strikeouts and eight walks.
That’s been the story of Curry’s career for the most part - enough to keep him around, but not enough to lock down a permanent spot. He has 100 strikeouts in 151 big league innings, and his value has come more from command and mix than overpowering stuff.
That was especially true during his best run with Cleveland. In 2023, Curry gave the Guardians 95 innings with a 4.07 ERA while working in a range of roles, and at the time he looked like he could become part of the club’s pitching future.
But 2024 changed that picture quickly. He posted a 5.84 ERA in 24 2/3 innings before being designated for assignment.
A waiver claim from the Marlins gave him another opening, and he delivered a useful 18-inning stretch in 2024. Still, that momentum didn’t last. He was designated for assignment again at the start of the 2025 season and ended up throwing only three big league innings for Miami.
Now he’s in Queens, where the opportunity is tied directly to a Mets season that has gone sideways. New York wasn’t counting on Curry when the year began, but the bullpen has become such a revolving door that he’s back in the picture.
The Mets have already fired Carlos Mendoza after a 34-47 start, and the results since then haven’t done much to steady the ship. Curry’s arrival is just the latest sign of how far things have drifted.
He does still have a minor league option left, so this may not be a long stay if the Mets keep shuffling arms at the back end of the bullpen. Even so, Curry has already done the important part: he got back.
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