STARKVILLE — The process is so smooth, it’s easy to forget how bewildering it is.

Mississippi State baseball freshman Jurrangelo Cijntje winds up. He strides toward home plate, his left arm swinging across his body, and delivers a pitch. As the ball glides toward his right fielder, Cijntje jogs to back up his third baseman on the sacrifice fly.

When the play is dead, Cijntje takes his mitt off. He flips it and slips it back onto his left hand with ease.

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Cijntje collects himself. He steps back onto the mound. He goes through the same motion and delivers a perfect strike with his right hand to the next batter.

For those at Mississippi State’s scrimmage last week, it was a chance to catch a glimpse of one of the most fascinating players in college baseball. The Bulldogs have a switch-pitcher.

“It’s special,” MSU coach Chris Lemonis said last week. “It’s not a circus act … He’s really good with both.”

The native of Pembroke Pines, Florida, can be found across the internet for his intriguing talent. His success only adds to the sensation. Cinjntje was chosen by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 18^th round of the 2022 MLB Draft but signed with Mississippi State. When he arrived on campus, he quickly added to Lemonis’ workload.

Following a rough outing in a fall scrimmage against Alabama, Lemonis pulled Cinjntje aside in the dugout.

“You get nervous?” Lemonis asked.

“No, coach, I only got five warm-ups,” Cinjntje responded.

Lemonis had to meet with umpires in the offseason to implement a new “ambidextrous pitcher” rule allowing for Cinjntje to get the appropriate amount of practice pitches from both sides.

“There’s just so many little things with him,” Lemonis said. “Luckily, he’s mature enough to handle those type of things.”

While the process looks similar, there’s a difference in output. From the right side, Cinjntje has a velocity which can reach 96 miles per hour. From the left side, the velocity only gets to the lower 90s, but those off-speed pitches have been effective.

“He’s a really invested kid who loves to play the game and loves to work at the game,” Lemonis said. “I think, for a young kid, he’s going to be a big part of what we do on the mound.”

The postgame routine for taking care of Cinjntje’s arm is similar to any pitcher, it’s just doubled. What he does on one arm, he must do to the other.

Often, something Lemonis never thought about comes up, but there’s one answer he already has for fans. Regardless of success, Cinjntje won’t throw a plethora of pitches from the one side and come out the next day to work with his other arm.

“It doesn’t really work that way,” Lemonis said.

Stefan Krajisnik is the Mississippi State beat writer for the Clarion Ledger. Contact him at skrajisnik@gannett.com or follow him on Twitter @skrajisnik3.

This article originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Mississippi State baseball: Jurrangelo Cijntje only SEC switch pitcher