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.

The 23-year-old Cijntje, a native of the Netherlands, was drafted by Seattle with the No. 15 overall pick last year

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.

Jurrangelo Cijntje knew who’d be waiting for him in the batter’s box when he emerged from the visiting bullpen on Friday evening. The Mariners’ switch-pitcher had seen Guardians infielder Travis Bazzana recently at a card-signing event,

The Seattle Mariners selected one of the most intriguing prospects in the 2024 MLB Draft last July -- switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje, taken with the 15th overall pick out of Mississippi State. Cijntje is the first legitimate ambidextrous starting pitching prospect in years.

Jurrangelo Cijntje, Welbyn Francisca and more take the field as the top prospects from the Mariners and the Guardians face off at Spring Breakout

For an organization that’s had as strong of a track record as any in developing homegrown pitchers over the past half-decade, the Mariners have arguably their most interesting case study yet. And that arm -- actually,