2025 High School Previews: Servite Friars
January 21, 2025
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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 Servite Friars.
2025 TEAM OUTLOOK
High School: Servite Friars
Head Coach: Shawn Gilbert
CIF Section: Southern Section
Division: Division TBD
2024 Record (Playoff Finish): 15-13
Key Players Lost:
+ No. Returning Positional Players: 7
+ No. Returning Pitchers: 6
+ Team Strengths: A depth of returners w/experience. Good defensive group, returning pitchers, team speed
ROSTER PREVIEW
+ Key Players:
Seniors:
+ '25 SS Hayden Woodson USC Commit
+ '25 1B/OF Tomas Cernius Princeton Commit
Juniors:
+ '26 Michael Cabral
+ Projected Starters: Toby Kwon, Talan Larson, Ben Dominguez
+ Projected Relievers: Gustavo Gutierriez, Isaiah Camacho
IMPACT UNDERCLASSMEN
BOTTOM LINE
"Our roster is deep this year with talent that has seen significant varsity level experience which means they are well prepared for the level of talent they will face throughout the Trinity League. Our athleticism and speed helps us put out a very good defensive group which combined with our pitching staff can help us to minimize the offensive put up against us. The key will be how well we can produce on offense and use our speed to create havoc on the bases." - Coach Gilbert
PREP BASEBALL CA STAFF’S TAKE
"This is a veteran group for Coach Gilbert with a number of players with lots of varsity experience that will serve the Friars well in the gauntlet that is the Trinity League. With a good mix of senior leadership with veterans in the underclasses, Servite is well prepared from a pitching and defense standpoint to make a charge next spring. If the offense can find a rythm, the Friars have enough team speed to cause problems for opposing defenses on a daily basis. They can play small ball and they play the extra-base game with their offensive versatility. In the end, as it usually does in the best league in the country, it will come down to pitching and defense of which the Friars are well stocked." - Les Lukach
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MORE 2025 TEAM PREVIEWS
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- CA 2025 High School Previews: Tustin Tillers 2/13/25
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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 |
MORE PREP BASEBALL NEWS
- CA 2025 High School Previews: Maranatha Minutemen 2/15/25
- CA Uncommitted Spotlight: '25 C/UTL Joshua Kaplan 2/15/25
- CA 2025 High School Previews: Linfield Christian Lions 2/14/25
- CA Uncommitted Spotlight: '26 3B/SS Tate Hammond 2/14/25
- CA Bay Area Preseason ID: Preview Story 2/14/25
- CA 2025 High School Previews: Granada Matadors 2/14/25
- CA 2025 High School Previews: Tustin Tillers 2/13/25
- CA Uncommitted Spotlight: '25 C/OF Blake Gregory 2/13/25
- CA North Bay Preseason ID: Player Analysis 2/13/25
- CA Sacramento Preseason ID: Positional Data Dive 2/13/25