His ability to throw both right and left-handed makes 22-year-old Jurrangelo Cijntje an interesting option for the club

By Ryan K Boman | Last Word on Sports | March 16, 2026

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The hand we use for most tasks in our day-to-day lives, or ‘handedness,’ is a scientific phenomenon that represents the physical manifestation of brain lateralization, where asymmetry in the cerebrum naturally assigns a person’s dominant, physical side. While they may learn to do tasks that go against the grain, it’s an unnatural process.

In the meantime? Some people are so ‘one-handed’ in life that they can’t do basic things, like eat or brush their teeth, with their opposite side. So, someone being so ambidextrous that they can hurl a horsehide at the big-league level, with both arms, seems downright preposterous. That is, unless you are St. Louis Cardinals‘ switch-pitching prospect, Jurrangelo Cijntje.

The 22-year-old Cijntje was acquired by St. Louis on Feb 2, in the influential trade that saw infielder Brendan Donovan sent to the Mariners. At the time, he was already being touted heading into Spring Training, due to his ability to fire the ball from both his port and starboard sides.

The 5’11”, 200-pound pitcher was Seattle’s first-round pick (15th overall) of the 2024 MLB Draft, out of Mississippi State University… Read More HERE

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