Jurrangelo Cijntje, the M's first-round pick from 2024, made his professional debut on Friday night, taking the baseball world by storm.

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 records outs with both arms and gives up no earned runs against the Guardians.

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,