Dublin High Graduate Signs with Seattle Mariners

A Dublin High graduate was recently signed with the Seattle Mariners after throwing for them at Safeco Field in Washington.

Headfirst Baseball Academy owner Michael Iglesias says 22-year-old Joe Mello started playing baseball when he was 8 years old.

“He went to Dublin High School, Oregon State, and Lewis & Clark State College,” Iglesias told Patch. “Mello went through major arm injury and bounced back. He threw 97 mph for our team in the summer.”

Mello worked as a Headfirst Baseball Academy camp instructor in Danville this year and played for the Bercovich Gold college team last summer.

Photo courtesy Headfirst Baseball Academy