Very little about Xzavion Curry’s 2026 season for the New York Mets made any sense, starting with how the dude even ended up on their roster in the first place. The Mets picked up the right-hander on a minor league contract in early May, a move that came after he’d been bouncing around the Miami Marlins and Colorado Rockies organizations in 2025. He even spent time with the Tigres de Quintana Roo in the Mexican League. Let’s be real, he struggled at the MLB level with Miami, then struggled with their Triple-A affiliate, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. He was solid in a few games with the Tigres, but then struggled again with Colorado’s Triple-A team, the Albuquerque Isotopes. So, yeah, expectations were *not* high when he joined the Mets.
The Triple-A Turnaround Nobody Saw Coming
Curry spent his first two months with the Mets organization down in Triple-A Syracuse, and this is where the weirdness really started. He posted a surprisingly solid 4.74 ERA in 49.1 innings, primarily working as a starter. Then, out of nowhere in early July, the Mets called him up to the big leagues. From the bullpen, he improbably allowed just two runs over 6.0 total innings across four appearances. But the ride didn’t last. He got sent back down to Triple-A near the end of the month, only to find himself back with the Mets again. This became a pattern. Curry was optioned and recalled a whopping six more times between late July and the end of the season. Talk about a yo-yo year!
That One Orioles Game Blew Up His MLB Numbers
When you look at the whole picture, Curry had a strangely effective season. He pitched the bulk of his innings with Triple-A Syracuse, where he was used as a starter, and honestly, he emerged as arguably the team’s best pitcher there. He threw 72.1 innings over 14 starts and a pair of bullpen appearances, rocking a 3.36 ERA, allowing 68 hits, walking 18, and striking out 41. Pretty solid for a guy who was struggling everywhere else.
With the Mets, he appeared in 9 games, making 1 start, and posted a 5.48 ERA in 21.1 innings, allowing 22 hits, walking 9, and striking out 15. Now, that 5.48 ERA isn’t exactly lights out, but get this: nearly half of the total runs he allowed as a big leaguer came in a singular, doomed outing against the Baltimore Orioles. He got shelled for six runs in just 3.0 innings that day. If you erase that one disastrous game from his ledger, Curry would’ve posted a much more respectable 3.44 ERA in 18.1 innings at the MLB level. See? Makes no sense!
Now, let’s be frank here: Xzavion Curry really isn’t a good baseball player. That’s the cold, hard truth. Sure, he’s miles better than you or me on the mound, no doubt, but compared to his big league peers and contemporaries, the right-hander is just plain lacking. His 2026 season? An absolute head-scratcher, a wild, improbable run that defied expectations at every turn.
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Originally reported by Amazin’ Avenue.
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