Prep Baseball Report

2025 High School Previews: Gahr Gladiators


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 Gahr Gladiators.


2025 TEAM OUTLOOK

High School: Gahr Gladiators
Head Coach: Gerardo Perez
CIF Section: Southern Section
Division: 1
2024 Record (Playoff Finish): 18-11 CIF-SS D1 second round (1-1, Lost to Santa Margarita)
Key Players Lost: Jose Perez LBSU 

+ No. Returning Positional Starters: 6
+ No. Returning Pitchers: 6
+ Team Strengths: POWER ARMS FOR GAHR - PHYSICALITY - OFFENSE

ROSTER PREVIEW

+ Key Players:

Seniors:

+ '25 OF Taison Miller CSU-Bakersfield Commit

Juniors:

+ '26 INF/OF Andres Gonazalez USC Commit

+ '26 RHP/1B Bryce Morrison USC Commit

+ '26 RHP Jake Ourique Loyola Marymount Commit

+ '26 LHP Jorge Valdez Cal State Northridge Commit

+ '26 C Nate Guangornea Cal State Northridge Commit

+ '26 C/INF Oscar Grijalva

+ '26 OF Jose Eljaik

+ Projected Starters: '26 Jake Ourique and '26 Jorge Valdez
+ Projected Relievers: '26 Bryce Morrison / Noah Irwin / '27 Carlos Muniz

IMPACT UNDERCLASSMEN

+ '27 RHP Carlos Munoz

BOTTOM LINE

We boast a bevy of arms on the mound who have some power stuff with feel to pitch fronter by our two starting pitchers in Ourique and Valdez who are both very talented arms. Our bullpen is very good with a D1 commit leading the way and a rising '27 arm in Carlos Munoz. We are physical offensive group with a dynamic piece at the top in another D1 commit Taison Miller who is transferring into our program. We look primed and ready to build on a 2nd round run in the playoffs last year with a experienced squad that will continue to develop this year. - Coach Perez

PREP BASEBALL CA STAFF’S TAKE

The Gladiators are very interesting program for the 2025 season they impressed during the 2024 campaign with a strong group of younger players who not only gained valuable varsity experience, but performed at a very high level especially their arms Ourique and Valdez. With the addition of Taison Miller to spark plug their offense and play in the middle of their OF defensively and the growth that their pair of USC commits Morrison and Gonzalez continue to show to their impressive skill sets the Gladiators are going to be a tough team to matchup with during the 2025 campaign and what is even more intriguing is this talented group will all pretty much return in 2026 meaning they are posied to compete in the present and the future - Steven Hardesty, Assistant Scouting Director

Learn more about California’s 2025 spring season below:

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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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