Jurrangelo Cijntje, Lazaro Montes named to Futures Game

Published 10:30 am Monday, June 30, 2025

SEATTLE — One current Everett AquaSox player and two former ones have been named to the 2025 All-Star Futures Game American League rosters, Major League Baseball announced Monday.

The Mariners have landed 3 prospects on the American League roster: switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje, catcher Harry Ford and outfielder Lazaro Montes. Three is tied for most in the Majors with the Detroit Tigers. Cijntje pitched for the Frogs on Saturday. Montes led the Northwest League in home runs before being promoted to Double-A Arkansas last week. Ford, who has spent this season in Triple-A Tacoma, played for Everett in 2023.

The game is set for Saturday, July 12 at Truist Park in Cumberland, Georgia. The Futures Game will be played at 1 p.m and will be televised live on MLB Network and MLB.TV.

“It’s a tremendous honor for us to have three players selected to the Futures Game,” said Mariners President of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto in a press release. “Harry, Laz, and Jurrangelo are three of the most unique prospects in baseball and we are all looking forward to seeing them represent the M’s in Atlanta.”

Cijntje, 22, is ranked as the Mariners’ top pitching prospect and throws from both the left and right sides. The No. 9 overall prospect in the organization and No. 84 prospect across MLB was selected by the Mariners in the first round (15th overall) of the 2024 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Mississippi State University.

In his first professional season, Cijntje has appeared in 15 games (12 starts) with High-A Everett, going 4-4 with a 4.88 ERA (28 ER, 51.2 IP) with 58 strikeouts and 31 walks.

The Netherlands-born pitcher has faced 42 batters as a left-handed pitcher and 180 batters as a right-handed pitcher this season. Cijntje pitched both lefty and righty in the MLB Spring Breakout Game earlier this year.

Ford, 22, will get to play in the Futures Game in his home state of Georgia, where he attended North Cobb High School in Kennesaw. The Mariners selected the right-handed hitting catcher in the first round (12th overall) of the 2021 MLB First-Year Player Draft. This is Ford’s third consecutive Futures Game appearance.

In 61 games with Triple-A Tacoma this season, Harry is batting .305 at nearly five years younger than the average Triple-A player. He’s gotten on base at a .418 clip, slugging .459 with an .877 OPS in 282 plate appearances, tallying 40 runs scored, 12 doubles, 8 home runs, 43 RBI and 43 walks compared to 48 strikeouts.

Ford is the No. 5 prospect in the Mariners organization, No. 59 prospect across the Majors, and the No. 7-ranked catching prospect according to MLB Pipeline.

Montes, 20, leads minor league baseball with 21 home runs this season. The left-handed hitting outfielder is ranked as the No. 2 prospect in the Mariners organization and the No. 30 prospect in the Majors.

In 73 combined games between High-A Everett and Double-A Arkansasthis season, the 20-year-old is batting .267 with 50 runs, 13 doubles, five triples, 21 homers, 57 RBI and 54 walks with a .388 on-base percentage, .582 slugging percentage and .970 OPS. Montes was promoted to Double-A June 23 and is over four years younger than the average Double-A player.

“Laz” was originally signed by Seattle as an international free agent out of Cuba on Jan. 15, 2022. He has won several accolades during his professional career so far, including California League Player of the Month twice (Aug. 2023, May 2024), and the Mariners Ken Griffey Jr. Minor League Hitter of the Year Award following 2024.