Yankees prospect Anthony Seigel dazzles with ambidextrous protection

Good luck to MLB The Present builders for attempting to determine this one out.

The Yankees have, not a switch-hitter, not even a switch-pitcher, they’ve a switch-fielder!

Anthony Seigler, drafted twenty third total by the Yankees in 2018 out of Cartersville Excessive Faculty in Georgia, performed with Double-A Somerset on Wednesday night showing as a left-handed-throwing left fielder, after which on Thursday evening as a right-handed-throwing catcher.

Fielding with reverse arms is one factor, however the different?

These two positions aren’t remotely comparable in baseball.

Seigler was drafted as a catcher in 2018 and has primarily performed behind the plate since getting into the Yankees’ group.

He’s additionally performed a few video games within the outfield and 18 as a chosen hitter.

After enjoying his first sport in left discipline on Wednesday, the place he performed two innings and was 1-for-1 on his defensive possibilities, the Yankees prospect addressed why he made the bizarre change.

“Once I was youthful, I at all times performed outfield lefty, so there was little doubt that if I ever obtained the chance to do it in professional ball, it was undoubtedly going to be lefty,” Seigler mentioned to MLB.com.

This season, Seigler is hitting .170 with 1 dwelling run and 16 RBIs and a .558 OPS.

Seigler, who’s 5-foot-9 and listed at 200 kilos, is a profession .216 hitter within the minors.