Eric begins his fifth season in the Mariners organization and his first as manager of High-A Everett.
During the 2021 season, Farris managed Low-A Modesto to a 64-51 record. He was named manager for Single-A West Virginia in 2020 prior to the cancelation of the minor league season and served as hitting coach for West Virginia in 2019 and hitting coach for the AZL Mariners in 2018.
Farris appeared in 963 career minor league games across 9 seasons (2007-15), batting .281 (1020x3635) with 35 home runs and 351 RBI. He appeared in 14 Major League games with Milwaukee, making his MLB debut for the Brewers on July 28, 2011. Farris was selected by Milwaukee in the 4th round of the 2007 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.