Khristian Curtis

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #126 prospect in 2023 draft
  School: Arizona State Source: 4YR
  
  Commit/Drafted: Never Drafted
  Age At Draft: 21.2
  BA Grade:45/Extreme
  Tools:Fastball: 55. Slider: 50. Curveball: 40. Changeup: 55. Control: 45.
  
  Curtis ranked as the No. 389 prospect in the 2020 class out of high school, when he was a projection pitching prospect who also was a talented basketball player. Curtis didn’t pitch for Texas A&M in 2021 and started just five games in 2022 before an injury ended his season, and he transferred to Arizona State for the 2023 season, where he struggled to a 7.03 ERA in 14 starts and 64 innings, with a 19.2% strikeout rate and 11% walk rate. Despite his performance, scouts love his stuff and size on the mound. He’s got a great pitching frame at 6-foot-5, 210 pounds and has a solid pitch mix to go with it. Curtis pitches in the 93-94 mph range and touches 97 with his fastball. The pitch doesn’t have the best life up in the zone, but he has quality secondaries to complement it nicely, including a firm slider in the mid-to-upper 80s that flashes late bite and an occasional cutter look, and a low-80s changeup that has above-average potential at the next level. Some scouts believe the changeup is his best secondary, though he used it just 10% of the time this spring. Curtis has also mixed in a slower, top-down curveball in the upper 70s, but the slider and changeup are quite a bit better currently. Curtis fits as a 3-4 round talent on stuff alone, but his medical history and performance could make him a split-camp-type pitching prospect.
• Ranked #389 prospect in 2020 draft
  As a junior, Curtis decided to focus entirely on baseball to avoid the risk of injury on the basketball court. But he missed playing basketball with his friends, so the 6-foot-5 righthander and Texas A&M signee returned to the court as a senior, immediately becoming a steady double-double threat underneath for Port Neches-Groves High. Basketball season meant he didn’t get on the baseball field until just before the novel coronavirus shutdown, and he was still shaking off the rust when the season stopped. Curtis has a solid chance to develop into a valuable member of A&M’s rotation if he makes it to school as expected. He sits 88-90 mph now, but with an easy delivery and a tall but skinny build, it’s likely he’ll add velocity in the future. His curveball has solid shape, but needs to get harder.