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2022 Season Preview: Valley Christian Warriors

January 26, 2022
PBR California Staff

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The Road to the California State Games begins with the 2022 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.

Today we focus on the Long Beach Jordan Panthers who look to bounce back from a challenging season in 2021 and expect to compete in every game and make a push into the postseason.  

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Team:

Valley Christian Warriors

Head Coach (years at school)

John Diatte 33

Twitter Handle

@jdiatte

CIF Section & Division

Central Coast Section/ Div. 1

Conference/League Name

WCAL

Last Year’s Record

24-9

2021 Playoff Run

CCS D1 Champions

# of Returning Starters

6

# of Returning Pitchers

4

Coach's Expectations

"Lots of unknowns."

Team Strengths

Pitching

Areas of Improvement

Team Offense

College Commitments

Alec Belardes '23 P (ASU)

Tatum Marsh '24 OF/P (Stanford)

Quiten Marsh '25 OF/P (Stanford)

Carmelo Rivera  '23 IF/OF(St. Marys)

Mitchell Birdsall '22 C (Kansas)

PJ Moutzouridis '23 IF (Cal Poly)

Top 22s

Louis Zulaica IF

Easton Kreshel OF

Jaden Bitter IF/P

Eli Martinez IF/P

Top 23s

MJ Castaneda IF/P

Top 24s

Rocco Muccilli IF

Top 25s

Hunter Fujimoto OF

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
Peninsula/South Bay Preseason ID CA 01/30 Canada College - Redwood City, CA
Super 60 Pro Showcase NATIONAL 02/06 The MAX - McCook, Ill.
SoCal Rising Stars: Los Angeles CA 02/27 O'Malley Field
SoCal Rising Stars: Orange County CA 03/20 JSerra High School
SoCal Rising Stars: Inland Empire CA 04/24 Corona High School
SoCal Rising Stars Games CA 06/04 O'Malley Field

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