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Luis Curvelo

Rangers Career team 2025 to 2026
Number #57
Position RP
Bats R
Throws R
Age 26
Height 6' 1"
Weight 170 lbs
Birth Place Higuerote, Venezuela
Born Oct 21, 2000

Key Insights

2026
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Curvelo goes to the splitter: 46% of his two-strike pitches, against 10% the rest of the time.

50 two-strike pitches in 2026.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Curvelo's sinker leaves the bat at 98.4 mph, against 91.4 off his slider.

72 and 56 of them thrown.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming

Behind in the count Curvelo throws a fastball 73.9% of the time, against 31.1% when he is ahead.

46 pitches behind in the count, 61 ahead.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice

Curvelo releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 29 degrees above horizontal and 2.8 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.

190 tracked release points, averaging 5.8 feet off the ground.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's

Curvelo's sinker moves 14.1 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

72 thrown, averaging 94.9 mph.
He leaves too much of it over the heart of the plate

26.8% of Curvelo's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, the part of the plate hitters do their damage on.

51 of 190 located pitches.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Oct 21, 2000
Birth Place Higuerote, Venezuela
Height 6' 1"
Weight 170 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws R/R