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2025 High School Previews: Paraclete Spirits


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 Paraclete Spirits.


2025 TEAM OUTLOOK

High School: Paraclete Spirits
Head Coach: Jason Gorman
CIF Section: Southern Section
Division: 4 (2024) 
2024 Record (Playoff Finish): 14-14 (Quarterfinals. Lost to St.Francis 4-1)
Key Players Lost: Anthony Camas(Del Rey MVP)

+ No. Returning Positional Starters: 7
+ No. Returning Pitchers: 3
+ Team Strengths: Can play catch, Speed, Will throw Strikes, Situational Hitting

ROSTER PREVIEW

+ Key Players:

Seniors:

+ '25 OF/LHP Armando Saucedo

+ '25 SS Antonio Longobardi

+ '25 OF Jesse Hernandez

+ '25 C Ivan Tejada 

+ '25 C/RHP Carlo Ramirez 

+ '25 RHP Jacob Draper  

Juniors:

+ '26 INF Noah Schneir

+ '26 OF/RHP Mason Jacobo 

+ Projected Starters: Mason Jacobo, Armando Saucedo, Cole Mercier
+ Projected Relievers: Carlo Ramirez, Jacob Draper

IMPACT UNDERCLASSMEN

+ '27 3B/RHP Gavin Gorman

+ '28 Julian Trejo 

+ '28 C/OF Parker Medlin 

BOTTOM LINE

 With the loss of Camas off the 2024 team that made a quarterfinal run it's going to be a key piece to replace, but our Senior class is talented and with the rising Junior class in our program plus a few underclassmen who show promise we have a well rounded group. We will throw strikes on the mound and play solid defense across the board to keep us in games and if our offense can capitalize on the speed we show plus ability to execute situationally we could find ourselves in the playoffs again this year. - Coach Gorman

PREP BASEBALL CA STAFF’S TAKE

Paraclete made a strong run in the 2024 CIF-SS playoffs and challenged the eventual runner up St. Franics program in the quarterfinals. Losing a talented piece like Anthony Camas the Del Rey League MVP is not an easy task to replace, but the collection of Seniors from Longobardi and beyond are all very solid players who know how to play and know how to compete on the varsity level. Their staff isn't going to blow the doors off opposing lineups but they can mix and match, locate and attack the zone to let their strong defense be an asset to the program. In an area that has some sneaky good baseball programs like the High Desert region of the Antelope Valley Paraclete has a chance to be amongst the best teams in that region if they can perform to their potential in 2025 - Steven Hardesty Assistant Scouting Director

Learn more about California’s 2025 spring season below:

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Upcoming Events

Showcase State Date Location
Central California Preseason ID CA 01/12/25 Ventura College
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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