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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 Cabrillo Conquistadores.

2025 TEAM OUTLOOK

High School: Cabrillo Conquistadores
Head Coach: Cole Osborne
CIF Section: Central Section
Division: Division 2 (2024)
2024 Record (Playoff Finish): 24-64Overall 13-2 League (CCAA-Mountain League Champs) (CIF-CS D2 - Quarterfinals)
Key Players Lost: Gage Mattis, Spencer Gallimore, Landon Mabery, Ray Hernandez

+ No. Returning Positional Players: 7
+ No. Returning Pitchers: 3
+ Team Strengths: Solid group of returners who were key pieces of our recent success, offensive threats at top of lineup.

ROSTER PREVIEW

+ Key Players:

Seniors:

+ '25 C/RHP Blake Gregory

Intrigued w/ ‘25 LHH C Blake Gregory @bgregory_2 from @conqsbaseball

Wiry frame w/athleticism
QCK swing w/acc. barrel
Sneaky pop
Clean actions behind dish
ACC./online throws (2.05-2.15 pop)
1B / BB / E-3 / 1B (hits leadoff)
.432/.543/.648 & 5 2Bs/1 3B/3 HR@PrepBaseballCA pic.twitter.com/1sqpax5i7k

— Steven Hardesty (@hardy03bsbl) April 27, 2024

+ '25 3B/RHP Thomas Kiesling

Juniors:

+ '26 SS/RHP Gabe Barraza

+ '26 LHP/1B/OF Fabian Lopez

+ '26 RHP Jacob Low

+ Projected Starters: Thomas Kiesling, Gabe Barraza, Fabian Lopez
+ Projected Relievers: Blake Gregory, Jacob Low, Logan Vorce

IMPACT UNDERCLASSMEN 

+ '27 INF Felix Hernandez

+ '27 LHP/OF Logan Vorce

+ '27 INF Colton Powell

BOTTOM LINE

We lost several key pieces from our 2024 squad especially on the mound with Mattis and Gallimore moving on, but we also bring back several key pieces who will take up new roles in addition to their previous ones. Kiesling was our primary closer last year and now should front our rotation with Gregory likely the front runner to take over he closer role. Our offense will be paced Gregory, Kielsing and Barraza. I feel like we have done a good job of developing the next wave of varsity players here at Cabrillo and anticipate some of the newcomers to be ready to perform and with a Sr. leader like Gregory here to help guide this next group I feel comfortable heading into the year that we can continue to play at a high level. - Coach Osborne

PREP BASEBALL CA STAFF’S TAKE

Cabrillo has put together a pair of really strong season from 2023-2024 including an appearance in the 2023 CIF-Central Section Championship game and a CIF-Central Section Quarterfinal run in 2024. They are going to have the challenge of replacing a pair of dominant arms in Mattis and Gallimore who accounted for the majority of their innings in 2024 with eye-popping numbers. But, Kiesling has the arm talent and athletic ability to be as strong on the mound as either of those two and if other arms can take steps forward to stabilize the pitching they should be just fine on the bump. The lineup will depend on the production of talented LH hitting catcher Blake Gregory who has leadoff in the past but may shift down to the middle to help provide more thump/run production while Kiesling also has impact in his bat and I'm personal fan of the offensive profile for Barraza, again the key here will be how the newcomers perform and the development of a few of their returning pieces from 2024. Coach Osborne has done a fantastic job of developing the program at Cabrillo and his work to continue the growth of the talent coming up the pipelines for the Conquistadores has them in a spot to continue to compete atop their league in 2025. - Assistant Scouting Director Steven Hardesty

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Upcoming Events

Showcase	State	Date	Location
North Bay Preseason ID	CA	01/25/25	Novato High School
Inland Empire Preseason ID	CA	01/26/25	Ganesha High School
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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