Was born in the Netherlands, but grew up primarily in Willemstad, Curaçao...Was drafted twice, once out of high school by the Milwaukee Brewers as a shortstop in the 18th round of the 2022 MLB Draft; then again by the Seattle Mariners in the first round of 2024 MLB Draft. Was one of 11 Mississippi State players selected; the most of any college or university in the 2024 Draft...Graduated from Champagnat Catholic School in Hialeah, Fla. Earned two varsity letters in baseball posting a 7-6 record with a 2.32 ERA over 81 innings while compiling 166 strikeouts (18.4 K/9 IP)...Rated as the No. 1 switch-pitcher in the nation, the No. 34 pitcher overall and the No. 9 overall prospect in the state of Florida by Perfect Game, which rated him as a 10/10 prospect...Played college baseball at Mississippi State University compiling a 11-7 record with a 5.25 ERA over two seasons. Led the Bulldogs staff with eight wins and struck out 113 batters over 90 innings in 2024. Was named 2nd team All-American by Perfect Game and NCBWA...Was teammates with OF Colton Ledbetter at Mississippi State during the 2023 season, and was packaged in the trade acquisition to the Cardinals...Played for Curaçao in the 2016 Little League World Series playing infield and pitching from both sides of the mound...Was a member of the Netherlands Under-15 team at the 2018 World Cup in Panama. Compiled a 1.076 OPS with six RBI in eight tournament games while playing second base...Grew up a fan of Hall of Fame outfielder Andruw Jones, also a native of Curaçao...Is multilingual speaking fluent English, Spanish, Dutch and Papiamento (a Portuguese-based Creole language spoken in the Netherland Antilles)...Nickname is "Loo" (pronounced "LOW")...His father, Mechangelo, was a professional catcher and right-handed pitcher in the Netherlands. Jurrangelo learned to throw right-handed despite being a natural left-hander to emulate his father, using his right-handed glove...Resides in Miami, Fla.
2025
Made 23 starts and appeared in 26 games overall in his first professional season between Everett (A) and Arkansas (AA). Was promoted to Arkansas on Aug. 9 and made seven starts to complete the season...Made three relief appearances, all in April, pitching an inning or less in the appearances...Led Mariners minor league pitchers in opponent BA (.207) and ranked among the leaders in strikeouts (second, 120), ERA (third, 3.99), WHIP (second, 1.22) and innings pitched (seventh, 108.1)...Struck out a career-high 10 batters over 5.2 innings at Eugene (8/2)...Pitched a season-high seven innings vs. Spokane (7/26) utilizing only 71 pitches in the effort...Made five starts of six innings or more, all quality...Held right-handed batters to a .171 BA (40-for-234, six HR) and left-handers to .259 (41-for-158, nine HR)...While "switch-pitching" limited right-handed batters to a .166 average and .480 OPS throwing right-handed, and a .296 average and 1.114 OPS to lefties as a left-handed pitcher. Pitched 9.2 innings as a left-hander during the season...Had an outstanding September compiling 16 innings allowing just one run (0.56 ERA) with 17 strikeouts, finishing the season on an 11-inning scoreless streak in Double-A...Pitched two innings for the Mariners prospect team in the Spring Breakout game against the Guardians prospects and struck out 2024 No. 1 overall draft pick Travis Bazzana.
