Today marks the first day of games for the Arizona Fall League and the Peoria Javelinas have an abundance of Seattle Mariners prospects on their roster.
Peoria, which fields prospects from the Mariners, the Braves, the Red Sox, the Padres, and the Blue Jays, features eight Mariners minor leaguers. Pitchers Matthew Festa, Darren Gillies, Max Povse, Art Warren, catcher Joe DeCarlo, infielder Eric Filia, and outfielders Braden Bishop and Kyle Lewis represent Seattle.
“It's a great honor,” Filia said. “It's some of the best talent in all of minor league baseball and I'm just very grateful and very humbled that the Seattle Mariners chose me to represent them and the organization.