Preseason Preview: Menlo-Atherton Bears

TEAM:

Menlo-Atherton Bears

HEAD COACH (years at school):

David Trujillo (5)

OFFICIAL TWITTER:

@MABearsBaseball

CIF SECTION & DIVISION:

Central Coast Section / Division 2

CONFERENCE/LEAGUE NAME:

Peninsula Athletic League / Ocean Division

LAST YEAR’S RECORD:

2-2

# OF RETURNING STARTERS:

7

# OF RETURNING PITCHERS:

5

TOP RETURNING PLAYERS:

2021 RHP Nate Baxter - Harvard

2021 RHP Will Ryan - Willamette University

2021 RHP/OF Rowen Barnes

2021 C/OF John Quinlan

2021 OF Max Coupe

2021 3B Tommy Eisenstat

2022 INF Reno DiBono

2022 MIF/RHP Griffin Williams

2022 MIF Jackson Vontz

2022 C/3B Ethan Bergan

THE FUTURE:

2023 RHP/3B/OF George Zaharias

SEASON OUTLOOK: 

Coach Trujillo should be excited about the Menlo-Atherton Bears this season as this roster returns 7 starters from 2020 and 5 pitchers. This is going to be a deep team with a lineup that will attack pitchers from 1 through 9. The depth will also show up at all positions where players are competing with each other to get on the field and show their progress after a shortened 2020 season. That shortened season may be one of the only weak spots for the Bears and if they get into sync quickly, Coach Trujillo sees this team being atop the Ocean Division and competing for a CCS Championship. Besides overall depth, the pitching staff is going to be tough to beat with frontline arms leading this team on a weekly basis. Playing a more regional schedule is going to challenge this group of players in a great way and Coach Trujillo sees the culture and team chemistry coming together at the perfect time for Menlo-Atherton to make a run in 2021.