JJ Matijevic is a fall league all-star

JJ Matijevic has made his presence known in the Arizona Fall League.

The 23-year-old Norwin graduate and Houston Astros prospect was selected to play in the AFL All-Star Game set for 5 p.m. Saturday at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in Maricopa County, Ariz.

Matijevic, a first baseman for the Peoria Javelinas, is hitting .303 (20 for 66) with two home runs and 11 RBIs in 16 games.

Matijevic came back strong after serving a 50-game suspension for failing a second test for a drug of abuse.

He hit .246 with nine homers and 35 RBIs in 73 games with the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks.

Here are the rosters for @MLB Arizona Fall League Fall Stars Game!

Saturday, October 12th
5:00 PM
Salt River Fields at Talking Stick

Can't make it to Scottsdale? Stream at https://t.co/ZJSvndc4Hj pic.twitter.com/cSTBfdyaw3

— MLB's Arizona Fall League (@MLBazFallLeague) October 8, 2019

#Astros No. 17 prospect J.J. Matijevic (@TweetinJ_23) drove in all of Peoria's runs in Tuesday night's victory and turned in his 6th @MLBazFallLeague multi-hit effort in nine games ?

Gameday?: https://t.co/kzNPOMCcW3 pic.twitter.com/0GrlZJ5jaY

— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) October 9, 2019

We have lift-off for Peoria as #Astros No. 17 prospect J.J. Matijevic clobbered this solo shot deep into the night for his second homer of the fall ??

Follow along here: https://t.co/ZxXEJEDfa9 pic.twitter.com/jqnAyZniqh

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) October 9, 2019