Prep Baseball Report

2025 High School Previews: Bishop Amat Lancers


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 Bishop Amat Lancers.

 

 

2025 TEAM OUTLOOK

High School: Bishop Amat Lancers
Head Coach: Joe Hoggatt
CIF Section: Southern
Division: Divisions are set at the end of the season
2024 Record (Playoff Finish): 18-9 (Lost in the first round of D1)
Key Players Lost: Aaron Sandin LHP; Miguel Perez LF; Isaiah Hernandez CF

+ No. Returning Positional Starters: 11
+ No. Returning Pitchers: 6
+ Team Strengths: Tough question. That being said I think we have more experience than we've had in the past few seasons, so I think we have a chance to build on last year.

ROSTER PREVIEW

+ Key Players:

Seniors:

+ '25 Jacob Campos CF/RHP Saint Mary's commit
+ '25 Levi Altamirano 3B/INF La Verne commit
+ '25 Justin Peinado LHP/1B 

Juniors:

+ '26 Santiago Ramirez SS  

+ Projected Starters: Justin Peinado; Izaac Muniz; Gavyn Alfaro; Omar Arretche
+ Projected Relievers: Jacob Campos; Josh Loera; Damian Marez; Aiden Medina; Ryan Alvarez

IMPACT UNDERCLASSMEN

+ '28 Roman Spencer

+ '28 Juaquin Ortiz

+ '27 Aiden Medina

+ '27 Josh Loera 

BOTTOM LINE

With more players on our roster who have experience against varsity level competition we should be in a position to have a strong season building on reaching the playoffs last year. - Coach Hoggatt 

PREP BASEBALL CA STAFF’S TAKE

You can always count on a Joe Hoggat coached team to be strong in fundamentals, pitching, and defense. If they hit, they hit. But this team can also do that with Campos and Altamirano being impact guys in their lineup. Add in an impact shortstop a pair of sophomores and freshman that will all contribute offensively and this Bishop Amat team has the look of the 2021 Lancers, a team not a lot of people talked about that made a quarterfinal run in the playoffs. With 6 returning starters, and more arms with not a lot of experience, the Lancers will rely on being a Joe Hoggat coached team to make another run. - Les Lukach

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Upcoming Events

Showcase State Date Location
Orange County Preseason ID CA 01/02/25 JSerra
San Diego Preseason All State (Invite Only) CA 01/04/25 Maranatha Christian High School
Central California Preseason All State (Invite Only) CA 01/05/25 Antelope Valley College
Central California Preseason ID CA 01/12/25 Ventura College
North Bay Preseason ID CA 01/25/25 Novato High School
Northern California Preseason All State (Invite Only) CA 01/26/25 Ohlone College
East Bay Preseason ID CA 02/01/25 Pittsburg High School

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