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2025 High School Previews: Justin-Siena Braves


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 Justin-Siena Braves.


2025 TEAM OUTLOOK

High School: Justin-Siena Braves
Head Coach: Jeremy Tayson
CIF Section: North Coast Section
Division: 4
2024 Record (Playoff Finish): 18-10 (NCS D4 champions; CIF NorCal D3 Final 4 (62-5 playoff run differential); Also won an NCS Scholastic Championship)
Key Players Lost: Everet Johnson (UC Davis); Luke Giusto (Team Italy player pool); Ben Sebastiani (College of Marin); Jason Gray/Sam Denkin/Sumner Eakins (Napa Valley College)

+ No. Returning Positional Starters: 13
+ No. Returning Pitchers: 9
+ Team Strengths: Culture; Offense; Athleticism; Pitching; and Defense will be keys to our success

ROSTER PREVIEW

+ Key Players:

Seniors:

+ '25 INF Noah Giovannelli 
+ '25 C/1B Jake Fletcher 
+ '25 OF/1B/RHP Henry Meyers 
+ '25 INF/RHP Spencer Nelson 
+ '25 UTL Clint Wilsey 
+ '25 OF/LHP Tommy Malloy 
+ '25 OF/RHP Joaquin Villegas 
+ '25 C/RHP Drew Sangiacomo

Juniors:

+ '26 OF/RHP Griffin Messenger 
+ '26 INF/RHP Braeden Butler 
+ '26 OF/1B Xiano Ortega 
+ '26 UTL/RHP Peter Trovitch 
+ '26 UTL Charlie Im 

+ Projected Starters: Messenger, Nelson, Meyers, Trovitch
+ Projected Relievers: Sangiacomo, Malloy, Villegas, Butler, Zuehlsdorff

IMPACT UNDERCLASSMEN

+ '27 RHP/INF Connor Zuehlsdorff 

BOTTOM LINE

We made a tremendous run in 2024 to win the NCS-D4 title and into the final 4 of the D3 North Regional final especially with our offense nearly outscoring opponents by nearly 60 runs. With some of the key players off that team having graduated we will see some new faces in a few key spots, but our returning group is very talented. We are are well-rounded and can execute in all aspects of the game and the culture of success we have built here at Justin-Siena should have us challenging for another deep run in the playoffs - Coach Tayson

PREP BASEBALL CA STAFF’S TAKE

Justin-Siena is losing some very key pieces of their 2024 squad, but they will be lead by some very good offensive pieces who return specifically with Noah Giovannelli and Jake Fletcher who are two of the best offensive players not just in NorCal, but around the state. Those two and the depth of their lineup will help them to put up numbers offensively. On the mound they return a pair of dominant arms from the 2024 squad who if they can repeat their performance will be key to the Braves success in Messenger and Sangiacomo. All in all I have a good feeling about the Braves being able to make some noise again in Northern California for the 2025 season - Hank LoForte NorCal Scouting Director

Learn more about California’s 2025 spring season below:

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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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