Baseball World Reacts to Seattle Mariners Switch-Pitcher

Baseball World Reacts to Seattle Mariners Switch-Pitcher After Spring Breakout Performance
Jurrangelo Cijntje, the M's first-round pick from 2024, made his professional debut on Friday night, taking the baseball world by storm.
Mariners’ Jurrangelo Cijntje is MLB’s best ‘switch pitching’ prospect ever, and he’s blowing minds
The Seattle Mariners drafted pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje out of Mississippi State with the No. 15 overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. Cijntje hails from the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao, and his father was a professional baseball player as a catcher in the Netherlands.
Mariners switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje awes at MLB Spring Breakout
All eyes were on switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje at Friday's MLB Spring Breakout game and the Mariners prospect didn't disappoint, using both hands and a fastball that touched 99 mph.
Mariners Prospect Jurrangelo Cijntje, a Switch-Pitcher, Is a Sight to Behold
Friday night, Cijntje stood atop the mound and threw back-to-back pitches with opposite arms. First, he got Travis Bazzana, the top pick in the 2024 draft, to ground out with a 92-mph heater from his left arm. Then, he switched to the right arm for the next at bat, hurling a 95-mph fastball from the opposite side mere seconds later.
LIVE: Mariners face Guardians in Spring Breakout
After much success in its debut last year, Spring Breakout is back in 2025, creating a showcase-type opportunity for the best and brightest faces of the future by pitting them against other prominent prospects from other organizations.
Mariners switch-pitcher impresses on the bump
Mariners switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje records outs with both arms and gives up no earned runs against the Guardians.

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