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The 2024 California high school baseball season is quickly approaching and, as usual, excitement is abound throughout the state. Players and coaches have been working in preparation for the upcoming season and, as is the case each year, there are some very talented players and teams across California.

Teams across the state have goals and aspirations to finish their seasons in their respective CIF Section Championship Game, but there is plenty of work to be done before that becomes reality. We hope to familiarize our readers with many of the teams across the state as we preview individual teams across California. We will take you right up to first pitch this season with these team previews, eventually releasing our Preseason Power 25 rankings that’ll carry us into the opening week of action and the Third Annual Prep Baseball California Spring Invitational.

Please keep checking back throughout the season as we will be your one-stop shop for everything related to high school baseball across California. Each week we will be releasing our Power 25, Players of the Week, Diamond Notes, Podcasts and much more.

Our 2024 preseason coverage continues today.

High School: Santiago Sharks
Head Coach: Ty De Trinidad
CIF Section: CIF-SS, Division 2
Conference League: Big 8
2023 Record: 17-13
Team X Handle: @santiagobaseball

Team Strengths: Defense will be the key to our success.
No. of Returning Starters: 6
No. of Returning Pitchers: 2
Areas of Improvement: Depth of pitching will be a question.

 

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COMMITTED PLAYERS

+ ‘24 1B Barret Ronson - St. Mary’s - 6'1 200 lbs.

+ ‘24 SS Chris Ramirez - Cal Baptist - 5'10 160 lbs.

+ ‘24 2B Austin Gamell - Cal Baptist - 5'11 165 lbs.

+ ‘24 C/UTIL Tyler Blade - Cal Poly-Pomona - 6'0 160 lbs.

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TOP UNCOMMITTED SENIORS

+ ‘24 LHP/OF Jesse Kneip - 6'0 170 lbs.

+ ‘24 OF Logan Clear 5’8 155 lbs.

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TOP UNCOMMITTED JUNIORS

+ ‘25 LHP Ethan Morton - 5’11 160 lbs.

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TEAM OUTLOOK

After totaling 17 wins last season and making a deep playoff run all the way to the CIF-SS Division 2 Quarter Finals, Coach Trinidad and company will look to do more of the same in 2024. Highlighting the offense for the Sharks is ‘24 Barret Ronson and he will be a consistent power threat in the heart of Santiago’s lineup. Defensively, ‘24 Chris Ramirez and ‘24 Austin Gamell are set to lock down the middle of the infield. Cal Poly-Pomona commit, ‘24 Tyler Blade is expected to once again be the leader behind the plate for the Sharks.

Some other names to note for Santiago are ‘24 Jesse Kneip who will contribute on both sides of the ball, bringing back 2.42 ERA on the mound and a .341 batting average, too. ‘24 Logan Clear returns a .333 average from last year, which included five doubles. Junior ‘25 Ethan Morton brings back a 1.9 ERA out of the ‘pen from last year and he is expected to provide the same in 2024.

Coach Ty De Trinidad’s Expectations: “We look to be in the top 3 with the players coming back. ”

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