Best of Preps Meet & Greet with Darick Hall & Seth Martinez

102 South Fab Avenue,Sierra Vista AZ 85635

17 December, 2022

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Join Herald/Review Media and SSVEC for a special Best of Preps meet & greet with former SV Little League players turned MLB professionals - Darick Hall and Seth Martinez. Hall and Martinez played Sierra Vista Little League together and went on to play in the Major League Baseball Minors and in the past year moved up to the Majors meeting once again in the 2022 World Series. Q&A session begins at 1 p.m. followed by photos and autographs. Event is FREE to attend, but you must register. PRESENTED BYDarick Hall is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). Hall grew up in Hereford, Arizona, and attended Buena High School.Hall began his college baseball career at Cochise College as both a pitcher and a first baseman. He transferred to Dallas Baptist University after his sophomore year. In his only season with the Patriots, Hall was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year after he batted .302 and led the team with 20 home runs and 72 RBIs while also posting a 9–3 record as a pitcher. During the summer of 2014, Hall played for the Keene Swamp Bats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Hall was selected in the 14th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. He was assigned to the short-season Williamsport Crosscutters after signing with the team. In 2017, Hall started the season with the Class A Lakewood BlueClaws and was named the South Atlantic League MVP after batting .272 with 28 doubles, 27 home runs, and 96 RBIs in 114 games. He was promoted to the Class A-Advanced Clearwater Threshers late in the season. Hall started the 2018 season with Clearwater and slashed .277/.367/.538 over 48 games before being promoted to the Double-A Reading Fightin Phils. He returned to Reading for the 2019 season and was named an Eastern League All-Star after he batted .235 with 20 home runs and 67 RBIs. Hall did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He spent the 2021 season with the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs and hit for a .230 average with 41 extra-base hits and 60 RBIs. He returned to Lehigh Valley at the beginning of the 2022 season. Hall was promoted to the Phillies' major league roster on June 29, 2022. He made his debut that night against the Atlanta Braves, going 0-4 as the Phillies' designated hitter in a 4–1 loss. The following day, Hall recorded his first two Major League hits on a pair of home runs, helping the Phillies to a 14–4 win over Atlanta. Hall's grandfather, James "Bo" Hall, played minor league baseball in the San Francisco Giants organization and was the head baseball coach at Cochise College and Eastern Arizona College. His uncle, Shane Hall, played three seasons in the Boston Red Sox organization. Seth Antonio Martinez is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball. From Sierra Vista, Arizona, Martinez attended Arizona State University and played college baseball for the Sun Devils. The Oakland Athletics selected Martinez in the 17th round of the 2016 MLB draft. Martinez was born and grew up in Sierra Vista, Arizona, and attended Sunrise Mountain High School, where he played baseball and golf. Over four varsity seasons, he posted a record of 19-4 with a 2.86 ERA and 172 strikeouts over 144 innings. Martinez played college baseball for the Arizona State Sun Devils for three seasons. He pitched both as a starter and in relief as a freshman and began his sophomore season as Arizona State's mid-week starter before being made the team's number one starter after seven starts. As a junior, Martinez went 9-4 with a 2.75 ERA and 94 strikeouts over 111.1 innings pitched and was named first team All-Pac-12 Conference and a second team All-American by Louisville Slugger. Professional career Martinez was selected in the 17th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft by the Oakland Athletics. After signing with the team, he was assigned to the Arizona League Athletics, where he pitched in three games. Martinez began the 2017 season with the Class A Short Season Vermont Lake Monsters before he was promoted to the Class A Beloit Snappers after one start. Martinez went 5-10 with a 3.49 ERA over 95.1 innings pitched with Beloit and returned to the team for the 2018 season. He began the 2019 season with the Stockton Ports of the California League and was promoted to the Double-A Midland RockHounds. The Houston Astros selected Martinez in the minor league phase of the 2020 Rule 5 draft and assigned him to the AAA Sugar Land Skeeters to start the 2021 season. He was called up for his MLB debut on September 20, 2021. Starting the 2022 season by hurling 17 scoreless innings with the Astros, Martinez took on a role as a long reliever. He posted a 2.48 ERA over 32+2⁄3 innings through August 13, 2022, prior to a demotion to the Sugar Land Space Cowboys, On August 25, 2022, the Astros recalled Martinez from Sugar Land. Martinez earned his first major league win on September 15, 2022, after a scoreless inning versus the Athletics. In 2022 with the Astros, he was 1–1 with a 2.09 ERA in 29 games covering 38+2⁄3 innings.