Good luck to MLB The Show developers for trying to figure this one out.
The Yankees have, not a switch-hitter, not even a switch-pitcher, they have a switch-fielder!
Anthony Seigler, drafted 23rd overall by the Yankees in 2018 out of Cartersville High School in Georgia, played with Double-A Somerset on Wednesday evening appearing as a left-handed-throwing left fielder, and then on Thursday night as a right-handed-throwing catcher.Those two positions aren’t remotely similar in baseball.
Seigler was drafted as a catcher in 2018 and has primarily played behind the plate since entering the Yankees’ organization.After playing his first game in left field on Wednesday, where he played two innings and was 1-for-1 on his defensive chances, the Yankees prospect addressed why he made the unusual change.
“When I was younger, I always played outfield lefty, so there was no doubt that if I ever got the opportunity to do it in pro ball, it was definitely going to be lefty,” Seigler said to MLB.com.
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