Colin Curtis comes out of nowhere

.666, 3 RBI in 3 at-bats. I realize it's 3 at-bats, but Curtis looks so comfortable out there. He has been so clutch. In 3 games, he already has a 2-run double to break open a game, and an RBI single to get the Yankees within a run. Where did he come from?

I'm not sure if anyone thought that Curtis would make it to the majors so fast. Curtis, a 4th round draft pick out of Arizona State, had a good first season between the Rookie level GCL Yankees and the Short Season-A Staten Island Yankees, hitting .311 with 11 doubles, 2 homers, 22 RBI, 5 SB, and a .374 OBP in 47 games. In '07, Curtis hit .270 with 19 doubles, 8 homers, 41 RBI, 5 SB, 69 runs, and a .339 OBP in 126 games between the High-A Tampa Yankees and the Double-A Trenton Thunder. He looked like a decent hitter at that point, but nothing special.

In '08, Curtis hit .255 with 20 doubles, 10 homers, 71 RBI, 6 SB, 68 runs, and a .329 OBP in 132 games at Trenton. His power numbers improved, but his BA and OBP were not good enough. Between Trenton and the Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre Yankees in '09, Curtis did even worse, hitting .250 with 24 doubles, 7 homers, 48 RBI, 8 SB, 57 runs, and a .321 OBP in 126 games. His BA and OBP went down every year from '06 to '09. Who would have thought he'd be in the majors just one year later!

At Scranton in '10, Curtis hit .280 with 11 doubles, 0 homers, 12 RBI, 0 SB, 12 runs, and a .357 OBP in 34 games. Apparently the improvement in BA and OBP by Curtis was enough- he was called up to be a lefty hitter against the Arizona bullpen, which consists of all righties. Who thought he would have been called up this year?

Will he be this good in '10? Well, he won't hit .666. Still, he has a shot to make a good impact, similar to Kevin Russo. I would not be surprised if Chad Huffman and not Chad Curtis is sent down to the minors when Marcus Thames comes back from the DL.