Zac Curtis #52

Zachary Aaron Curtis…graduated from Hendersonville (TN) HS…began collegiate career at Volunteer State Community College (TN)…earned Volunteer State Player of the Year honors and First-Team All-Conference honors as freshman in 2011 after going 4-2 with a 3.80 ERA (18 ER, 42.2 IP) with 54 strikeouts in 7 starts (3 CG & 1 SHO)…after 2 seasons at Volunteer State, transferred to Middle Tennessee State University…went 9-3 with a 1.89 ERA (24 ER, 114.0 IP) with 136 strikeouts and 29 walks in 15 starts (5CG & 2 SHO) as a senior in 2014…his 136 strikeouts ranked 2nd in NCAA D-I baseball…named First-Team All-Conference USA and ABCA Second-Team All-Central Region…selected as a semifinalist for the Gregg Olson Award (college breakout player of the year).

The Totals - Went 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA (10 ER, 13.1 IP) with 10 strikeouts and 13 walks in 21 games with Arizona... Minor Beginnings - Began the season with advanced-A Visalia, where he went 1-0 with 2 saves and a 5.23 ERA (6 ER, 10.1 IP) with 22 strikeouts in 8 games...Debut - Made Major League debut on April 30 vs. Colorado (0.2 IP)…selected from advanced-A Visalia earlier that day (4/30)...Scoreless Streak - Did not allow a run in his first 10 career ML games (8.1 IP), 4/30 - 5/30...Rocky Road - Allowed 1+ run in 4 straight games, June 1-14 (2.0 IP, 6 R, 4 H, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HR)...With Mobile - Optioned to AA Mobile on June 15 (postgame 6/14)…in 19 games with Mobile, went 0-1 with 4 saves and a 3.20 ERA (7 ER, 19.2 IP) with 30 strikeouts and 6 walks...Back in the Bigs - Recalled from Mobile on July 6…finished the season with Arizona, posting a record of 0-1 with a 12.00 ERA (4 ER, 4.0 IP) with 2 strikeouts and 7 walks in 7 games.