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2015 Team Preview: Jefferson City Jays

February 9, 2015

Shon Plack and Jeff Viles
Prep Baseball Report-Missouri

As we prepare for the upcoming 2015 high school season, we will be taking a preseason glimpse at programs from around the state.

Team: Jefferson City
Nickname: Jays
Class: 5A
Head Coach: Brian Ash
Twitter Handle:  @Jay_Baseball
2014 Overall Record: 22-8
2014 Post-Season Finish: District Runner-Up

Number of Position Players Lost: 7
Number of Pitchers Lost: 0
Number of Returning Starters/Position Players: 2
Number of Returning Starters/Pitchers: 5

TOP RETURNERS (Commit)
Adam Gruden, 1B/RHP, 2015 (Longview CC)
Bret Jaegers, RHP, 2015
Travis Hennesy, RHP, 2015 (Butler CC)
Blaine Meyer, RHP/2B, 2016
Jake Pridgin, OF, 2015
Allan Roettgen, OF, 2017
Gaven Strobel, C/3B, 2017
Jacob Weirich, LHP, 2017
Grant Wood, SS, 2017

OUTLOOK
The Jefferson City Jays will lean on the senior and sophomore class in 2014. Adam Gruden and Travis Hennessy are two seniors with college commitments.  Gruden is a 1B/RHP committed to play at Longview  and Travis Hennessy is  RHP that will taking his talents to Butler Community College in Kansas.  The Jays will also feature two other seniors in RHP Bret Jeagers and F Jake Pridgin.  Jaegers is a big frame at 6-foot-4 with a high three-quarters release that should eat up innings for the Jays in 2015.  Pridgin is a lefty stick at the plate and sub-7 runner in the outfield.  This group of seniors will be ready to lead the younger crop of talent coming up for Jays. The sophomore class has a quartet of players that will give Jeff City a chance to take the next step in the spring.  SS Grant Wood and LHP Jacob Weirich are two players in the 2017 class to keep your eye on.  The Jays will open at home on March 21 against 2014 Class 3 State Qualifier Fatima before traveling to to the Willard Tournament March 26-28. 

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