{"id":271009,"date":"2026-08-24T03:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T03:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271009\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T03:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T03:26:15","slug":"pirates-roster-moves-pitching-prospect-curtis-recalled-from-indianapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271009\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Roster Moves: Pitching Prospect Curtis Recalled From Indianapolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"862\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781547850_Curtis.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Khristian Curtis, Pittsburgh Pirates\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   loading=\"eager\" data-cf-ratio=\"788x444\"\/>Photo from Greensboro Grasshoppers on X. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pirates have recalled right-handed pitcher Khristian Curtis from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Sunday\u2019s series finale against the Dodgers. Fellow right-handed pitcher Antwone Kelly was optioned to Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curtis made his MLB debut against the Guardians in the second game of a doubleheader on July 18. The 24-year-old threw five-scoreless innings, scattering a pair of hits, walking two and striking out three.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 21 appearances\/17 starts between Indianapolis and Double-A Altoona this season, Curtis is 3-8 with a 5.10 ERA. He\u2019s allowed 47 earned runs on 71 hits with 45 walks and 104 strikeouts in 83 innings. Curtis is considered Pittsburgh\u2019s 15th-best prospect by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/pirates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB Pipeline<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kelly tossed a scoreless eighth inning in the Pirates\u2019 loss to the Dodgers on Saturday. The 22-year-old has made four relief appearances for the Pirates this season and is 0-0 with a 5.40 ERA. He\u2019s spent the rest of the season with Indianapolis, where he is 5-5 with a 4.09 ERA in 21 appearances\/15 starts. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned in this article:<a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/antwone-kelly\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Antwone Kelly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/khristian-curtis\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Khristian Curtis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-pirates\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">More about:<a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/pirates-transactions\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pirates Transactions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo from Greensboro Grasshoppers on X. The Pirates have recalled right-handed pitcher Khristian Curtis from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[54998,95753,73,75,74,10997],"class_list":["post-271009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-antwone-kelly","tag-khristian-curtis","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-pirates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}