Jurrangelo Cijntje has captured the imagination of the baseball world.
The Seattle Mariners' switch-pitching prospect will get a chance to do that on a bigger stage soon.
He has been named to the Futures Game at All-Star Weekend. Cijntje is one of three Mariners' prospects who will be involved, along with catcher Harry Ford and outfielder Lazaro Montes.
Cijntje was Seattle's first-round pick in 2024. And yeah, he pitches with both his left arm and right arm.
In 15 appearances this season for High-A Everett, Cijntje is 4-4 with a 4.88 ERA and 58 strikeouts in 51.2 innings.
On Baseball America's most recent top-100 prospect list, Cijntje is No. 80.
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Ford makes his third consecutive Futures Game appearance. And the North Cobb High School graduate gets to play this one near his hometown in Atlanta. At Triple-A Tacoma, Ford is batting .305.
Montes is a 6-foot-5, 250-pound Cuban outfielder who leads minor league baseball with 21 homers so far this season. He was recently promoted to Double-A Arkansas.
Cijntje is the most unusual here, but Ford and Montes are their own types of different. Ford is a speedy catcher who can also play right field and stole 35 bases last season. And Montes is a hulking slugger, with few guys in pro baseball as big and strong as he is.
Hopefully, Cijntje will get the chance to throw from both sides at the Futures Games.
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