Prep Baseball Report

2020 Preseason Preview: Saugus Centurions


Ryan Ozella
NorCal Area Scout

                          

At The Yard Podcast

The Road to the California State Games begins with the 2020 California high school baseball season. With the season just around the corner, our Staff has begun putting out team previews from all around the state getting you prepare for another year of exciting coverage.

In this edition we will take a closer look at the Saugus Centurions (Saugus, CA), who are relying on youth to carry them into 2020.

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TEAM

Saugus Centurions

HEAD COACH (years at school)

Carl Grissom (8)

OFFICIAL TWITTER:

@Cents_Baseball

CIF SECTION & DIVISION

Southern Section/Division 1

CONFERENCE/LEAGUE NAME

Foothill

LAST YEAR’S RECORD

16-12-1

PLAYOFF RUN

2nd Round Loss 

# OF RETURNING STARTERS

2

# OF RETURNING PITCHERS

2

OUTLOOK: 

After a second round playoff loss in 2019, the Saugus Centurions return a very young team with young arms that will be counted on to carry them through the deeply talented Foothill League. Coach Grissom expects these young pitchers to be counted on and up for the challenge heading into 2020. The offense will have some carry over from 2019 but will be turning to a group that is coming up from JV to provide consistent AB’s for the Centurions. Counting on pitching and defense could lead to low scoring games, but if these new hitters can be more successful with runners on Saugus could be ready for another playoff run in 2020. 

TOP RETURNING PLAYERS:

‘20 C Mauricio Guardado

‘20 2B Hayden Trowbridge

‘20 OF Colton Fitzgerald

‘20 RHP Jon Bahr

‘21 P Jaiden Patterson

‘21 3B Michael Stell

‘21 OF Connor Nassry

FUTURE PLAYERS:

‘22 1B Ryan Egan

‘22 SS Colin Yeaman

‘22 OF Michael Durham

‘22 OF Colton Fitzgerald

‘23 OF Kyler Freude

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
Winter Update Series powered by Monterey Bay Pirates CA 01/17 Monterey Bay Pirates Facility
California Far North Preseason I.D. CA 01/18 Chico HS
Winter Update Series powered by South Bay Sport Training CA 01/19 South Bay Sports Training
NorCal Preseason All-State (Invite-Only) CA 01/25 Islanders Field at River Islands
Winter Update Series powered by Paradigm Sport CA 01/26 Paradigm Sport
Winter Update Series powered by EM Sports CA 01/27 EM Sports - Long Beach
Winter Update Series powered by EM Sports CA 01/28 EM Sports - San Diego
Winter Update Series powered by FBK1 CA 01/30 FBK1
Super 60 Pro Showcase NATIONAL 02/02 The MAX - McCook, IL
Winter Update Series powered by Mike Murphy Baseball CA 02/08 MMB - Walnut Creek
SoCal Underclass Games ID - Los Angeles CA 02/09 O'Malley Family Field
Winter Update Series powered by EM Sports CA 02/10 EM Sports - Rancho Cucamonga

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