Jurrangelo Cijntje wants to keep his options open with the Seattle organization as a pitcher who switches between throwing right-handed and left-handed.
Jurrangelo Cijntje speaks to the media after his selection by the Seattle Mariners in the first round at the 2024 MLB Draft at Cowtown Coliseum on July 14, 2024 in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Mariners said they want Cijntje, who was a switch-pitcher for Curacao in the 2016 Little League World Series, to decide how to proceed as a righty and/or lefty as a pro. Cijntje says he would prefer to continue pitching from both sides.According to his MLB.com draft profile, Cijntje was a natural left-hander who started throwing righty as a 6-year-old to mimic his father, Mechangelo, a former pro baseball player in the Netherlands.
Scouts also believe Cijntje's future might be as a right-hander, which is why going against the percentages by pitching right-handed against lefties more often this season was notable.
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