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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 Ayala Bulldogs.

2025 TEAM OUTLOOK

High School: Ayala Bulldogs
Head Coach: Brad McGuire
CIF Section: Southern Section
Division: Division 2 (2024)
2024 Record (Playoff Finish):  16-13-1 (Southern Section D2 Semifinals)
Key Players Lost:  Matthew Yarc and Jeremy Byers

+ No. Returning Positional Players: 9
+ No. Returning Pitchers: 3
+ Team Strengths: We are still on the younger side but we return our starting 9 from last year. We also return two of our top arms in Caleb Trugman and Isaac Huver

+ Key Players: 

Seniors:

+ '25 OF Aiden Erlandsen

+ '25 RHP Isaac Huver

Juniors:

+ '26 RHP/INF Caleb Trugman UCSB Commit

+ '26 SS/C Elijah Duarte Cal Baptist Commit

+ '26 OF/LHP Jaden Valenzuela

+ '26 3B/OF Dylan Wood

+ '26 MINF Eric Hernandez 

+ Projected Starters: Caleb Trugman, Easton Sarmiento

+ Projected Relievers: Isaac Huver, Gerson Hoebeing, Nolan Chuang

IMPACT UNDERCLASSMEN 

+ '27 C Codey Brown

+ '27 OF Brody Gomez

+ '27 OF Aiden Granados

+ '27 LHP/OF Easton Sarmiento 

BOTTOM LINE

We made a deep run in the CIF-SS playoffs last year coming up just short in the semifinals in a tough loss. This years group is a bit on the younger side, but even with that we have plenty of experience on the roster with all 9 of the primary starters fro last years squad back. Add in the return of 2 of our best arms in Trugman and Huver who will fortify our starting rotation and bullpen. We have a chance to put together a strong season, but will need to play to our potential to achieve it. - Coach McGuire

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Upcoming Events

Showcase	State	Date	Location
East Bay Preseason ID	CA	02/01/25	Pittsburg High School
Sacramento Preseason ID	CA	02/09/25	McBean Park
Orange County Rising Stars ID	CA	03/02/25	Mater Dei High School
Inland Empire Rising Stars ID	CA	03/30/25	Corona High School
Los Angeles Rising Stars ID	CA	04/27/25	O'Malley Field

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