November 14, 2026 — PEORIA, Ariz.: Eight former Everett AquaSox secured victory in the 2026 Arizona Fall League Championship Game as the Peoria Javelinas defeated the Surprise Saguaros 8-3 on Saturday night at the Peoria Sports Complex.
With their victory, Peoria claimed their Arizona Fall League record eighth championship crown.
The Javelinas, composed of prospects from the farm systems belonging to the Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, and San Diego Padres, rallied for four runs in the first inning of the Championship — a lead that was never relinquished. They tacked on one run in each of the next two innings, finishing their scoring with a two-run fifth inning. Javelinas pitching kept Surprise out of the scoring column until the eighth inning, when the Saguaros scored two of their three total runs.
2025 AquaSox alum Tai Peete, now with the Cardinals organization, ripped a leadoff double during the bottom of the first inning and later scored as Orioles prospect Ike Irish reached on an error during the next at-bat. Brandon Eike, a Mariners prospect who played for Everett in 2025 and 2026, reached on a fielding error to plate Peoria’s fourth run of the opening frame.
Leading 6-0 in the bottom of the fifth, Eike brought home the Javelinas’ seventh run, grounding an RBI double to left field with one out to score Reds prospect Yerlin Confidan. Following walks drawn by Padres prospect Justin DeCriscio and Peete that loaded the bases, Eike crossed home plate for Peoria’s eighth and final run as Irish hit into an RBI groundout.
Joining Eike and Peete as former members of the AquaSox to hoist the 2026 Arizona Fall League Championship trophy are catcher Matthew Ellis (2025, 2026) and pitchers Ty Cummings (2024), Reid Easterly (2026), Jose Geraldo (2025, 2026), Calvin Schapira (2025, 2026), and Adam Smith (2026).
In total, the Javelinas concluded their 2026 campaign with a 17-11 record, finishing with a +47 run differential during the fall.
PICTURED ABOVE: Brandon Eike
PHOTOS BY: Arizona Fall League Staff
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