Matt Tuiasosopo
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Matthew P. Tuiasosopo (born May 10, 1986 in Woodinville, Washington) is a third baseman in the Seattle Mariners minor league system. He is the brother of Marques Tuiasosopo and Zach Tuiasosopo, and the son of Manu Tuiasosopo.
Although his father and brothers play(ed) football — Manu attending UCLA and his two older brothers attending the University of Washington — Matt opted to sign a professional baseball contract after graduating from Woodinville High School. He was drafted 93rd overall in the third round in the 2004 Major League Baseball draft by the Seattle Mariners. He has spent his first two seasons (2005-2006) of professional baseball in the minor leagues. Even though he chose to play professional basbeall, Matt had a promising high school football career and was even selected to play in the 2004 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
Matt played for the Woodinville West Little League at the 1998 Little League Western Regional Tournament in San Bernardino, California. Woodinville West lost to Cypress Federal in the championship game that lasted 7 innings.
[edit] Minor League Career
In 2005 he was with Seattle's Low-A affiliate, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. He hit .276/.359/.386 with three home runs and 45 RBI. He was ranked #36 on Minor League News' annual FAB 50.
In 2006, he split time between their High-A Inland Empire 66ers and Class AA San Antonio Missions affiliates. He batted a combined .248/.308/.301 with two home runs and 44 RBI. He played with the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League last fall. Currently he is playing with the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx, Class AA. He was named to the Minor League News FAB50 again in 2007, ranked at #45.
