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Cijntje, who was acquired from the Mariners in a trade centered around All-Star infielder Brendan Donovan last February, has gone 3-4 with a 5.04 ERA in 17 starts with Double-A Springfield this season. In 80 innings of work, he struck out 100 and walked 40, while also surrendering 14 homers in the hitter-friendly Texas League.

Cijntje, 23, has mostly pitched right-handed this season, but he has faced 22 hitters – one right-hander and 21 lefties – as a left-handed pitcher. He walked the one right-handed batter he faced, and he has limited lefties to 3 for 13 hitting with six walks and five strikeouts as a southpaw

Donn Beach wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 16, 2026 2:15 pm

The Cardinals have promoted Cijntje to AAA. I believe i was laughed at when i predicted he could make it to the majors this season, so we shall see. Maybe the firsf place cardinals are seeing a need. Peete was raking until he got conked in the head. The throw in Ben Williamson is helping the As to one of the best records in baseball. In the mean time it looks like Donvans season might be over for the flat mariners. Im not regretting the trade but it sure aeems other teams are better prepared to be rewarded from it. Particularly teams that were supposedly re-building

Cijntje, who was acquired from the Mariners in a trade centered around All-Star infielder Brendan Donovan last February, has gone 3-4 with a 5.04 ERA in 17 starts with Double-A Springfield this season. In 80 innings of work, he struck out 100 and walked 40, while also surrendering 14 homers in the hitter-friendly Texas League.

Cijntje, 23, has mostly pitched right-handed this season, but he has faced 22 hitters – one right-hander and 21 lefties – as a left-handed pitcher. He walked the one right-handed batter he faced, and he has limited lefties to 3 for 13 hitting with six walks and five strikeouts as a southpaw

Seattle or Bust wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 16, 2026 4:51 pm

Donn Beach wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 16, 2026 2:15 pm

The Cardinals have promoted Cijntje to AAA. I believe i was laughed at when i predicted he could make it to the majors this season, so we shall see. Maybe the firsf place cardinals are seeing a need. Peete was raking until he got conked in the head. The throw in Ben Williamson is helping the As to one of the best records in baseball. In the mean time it looks like Donvans season might be over for the flat mariners. Im not regretting the trade but it sure aeems other teams are better prepared to be rewarded from it. Particularly teams that were supposedly re-building

Cijntje, who was acquired from the Mariners in a trade centered around All-Star infielder Brendan Donovan last February, has gone 3-4 with a 5.04 ERA in 17 starts with Double-A Springfield this season. In 80 innings of work, he struck out 100 and walked 40, while also surrendering 14 homers in the hitter-friendly Texas League.

Cijntje, 23, has mostly pitched right-handed this season, but he has faced 22 hitters – one right-hander and 21 lefties – as a left-handed pitcher. He walked the one right-handed batter he faced, and he has limited lefties to 3 for 13 hitting with six walks and five strikeouts as a southpaw

Donovan started a rehab assignment last night with the ACL Mariners. He's expected back within the next few weeks.

Williamson went to the Rays, not the A's. He's been worth 0.4 fWAR and has a 87 wRC+. Nothing to cry about.

He might make the majors, but given the 5.04 ERA in AA and 40 BB's 80 innings, that would seem a mistake. Especially for a Cardinals staff that has 4x guys with sub-4 ERA's and former top pitching prospect Matthew Liberatore trying to figure it out.

Regardless, Jurrangelo has fallen out of the top 100 prospects for ESPN, Bleacher Report, and MLB. His star is fading and "making it to the majors" is not a sign of a successful trade.

GL_Storm wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 16, 2026 7:37 pm

I think the trade was worth doing in the sense that you have to take these calculated risks. But, it clearly hasn't worked out for the Mariners so far. However, I still think Donovan is a quality major league player and if he can just stay on the field we'll see his production. He could also end up being traded as I think a lot of other teams value that type of profile.

Im not regretting the trade but it sure aeems other teams are better prepared to be rewarded from it. Particularly teams that were supposedly re-building

Donn Beach wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 17, 2026 5:32 am

Im not regretting the trade but it sure aeems other teams are better prepared to be rewarded from it. Particularly teams that were supposedly re-building

I didnt post about regretting the trade, i was commenting on who seems to be benefiting from it.