


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.
Fielding with opposite arms is one thing, but the other?
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.
He’s also played a couple of games in the outfield and 18 as a designated hitter.
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.
This season, Seigler is hitting .170 with 1 home run and 16 RBIs and a .558 OPS.
Seigler, who is 5-foot-9 and listed at 200 pounds, is a career .216 hitter in the minors.