Prep Baseball Report

2025 High School Previews: Arcadia Apaches


Steven Hardesty
Assistant Scouting Director

 

  


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The 2025 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 these individual programs across California. We will take you right up to first pitch this season with these team previews, eventually releasing our Preseason Power 25 rankings.

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 2025 preseason coverage continues today with a preview of the Arcadia Apaches.

 


2025 TEAM OUTLOOK

High School: Arcadia Apaches
Head Coach: Nick Lemas
CIF Section: Southern
Division: last year we were D2
2024 Record (Playoff Finish): 22-9 (lost in D2 semifinal to Hart)
Key Players Lost: Gabe Lopez, Fernando Palencia

+ No. Returning Positional Starters: 11
+ No. Returning Pitchers: 2
+ Team Strengths: Offense and Defense; we should have good depth at the plate with a lot of experience as we return most starters from last year and will add a few transfer position players.  We're also athletic on the bases and defensively so as long as we throw strikes we should be in a good spot.

ROSTER PREVIEW

+ Key Players:

Seniors:

+ Leo Peniche OF/1B/LHP 
+ Gus Cooper LHP 
+ Avery Truesdale OF 

Juniors:

+ Damien Catano LHP/1B 
+ Matt Manzo UTL/RHP 
+ Aiden Soto C/1B 
+ Julian Salmon 2B 
+ Maverick Silva C 

Full Roster:

https://www.maxpreps.com/ca/arcadia/arcadia-apaches/baseball/roster/

+ Projected Starters: Gus Cooper, Damian Catano, Matt Manzo 
+ Projected Relievers: Tyler Swilling, Owen Edwards, Leo Peniche, Tyler Brereton

IMPACT UNDERCLASSMEN

+ '27 SS Jordan Vogel 

+ '27 RHP Tyler Brereton 

+ '28 RHP Owen Edwards 

BOTTOM LINE

With an experienced roster of returning position players that has been fortified with some incoming transfers that boosts plenty of potential if all our pieces can play to their abilities we should be in contention for another CIF-SS playoff berth come May. - Coach Lemas

PREP BASEBALL CA STAFF’S TAKE

Having the chance to the see the Apaches in the 2024 CIF-SS D2 semifinals they are a well coached group with ability. They play well in all aspects of the game and gave the eventual D2 champs everything they could handle. I anticipate another strong season out of the Apaches. - Steven Hardesty (Assistant Scouting Director)

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