Prep Baseball Report

San Diego Preseason All-State Preview


Steven Hardesty / Matt Monk
Assistant Scouting Director / San Diego Scout

  

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SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - As the calendar turns to a new year the CIF High School baseball season nears and even in the winter months baseball never really stops in the Golden State. For the 7th year in a row, the Preseason All-State Event stage comes to California to showcase some of the top talent from around the state. This year Prep Baseball California will be running 4 versions of the Preseason All-State to cover the state and bring 200+ players together across these events. Events will be hosted beginning on January 4th, 2025 in San Diego, the next day a pair of events will be hosted on January 5th in the Inland Empire and Central California, before wrapping up the series on January 26th in Northern California. 

Players will undergo a Pro-Style workout to begin their day at the Preseason All-State event including athletic testing on the VALD platforms, then defensive workouts by position to showcase their defensive actions and the workout concludes with On-Field Batting Practice with Trackman and Blast Motion to provide valuable data feedback on the players offensive tools. As well, all pitchers who take the mound will be on Trackman Technologies to gather data on their pitches from velocity, spin rates, movement patterns and more.

Today, we take a look at some of the talented players who will be in attendance at our San Diego Preseason All State event set to be hosted at Maranatha Christian School in San Diego, Ca.

Make sure to check back post-event for full coverage on the players performances from Quick Hits to Leaderboards encompassing all the data collected and more.

COMMITS IN ATTENDANCE:

+ '26 OF AJ Curry - University City High School - 2024 Prep Baseball All-American Game Alumni - (Tennessee Commit)

Curry has returned to California after living in Kentucky for a year. With our counterparts in Kentucky, he earned a spot at the 2024 Prep Baseball Future Games, where he went off. Additionally, Curry earned an invite to the Prep Baseball All-American Game and shortly thereafter committed to reigning national champs, Tennessee. Curry will reopen his account in California with the Preseason All-State.

+ '25 SS/3B Thomas Entrekin - Granite Hills High School - (Cal Baptist Commit)

Heading into his senior year, Entrekin has logged two full seasons as a starter for a strong Granite Hills program, logging a career .307 average with 21 XBH. The LHHing middle infielder has shown some juice to the pull side and is poised to remain an important part of the GH lineup.

+ '26 SS Alex Harrington - Cathedral Catholic High School - (Stanford Commit)

Harrington is heralded as one of the top prep shortstops in the country for the 2026 class. The Stanford commit blends speed, power, and a quality hit tool at the top of a loaded Cathedral Catholic lineup. He also showcases a confident and smooth glove from SS with an arm capable of making a throw from anywhere on the infield dirt.

+ '26 OF Hunter Harrington - Cathedral Catholic High School - (Stanford Commit)

Hunter Harrington, the twin brother of Alex, makes up the other half of the athletic duo from Cathedral Catholic. The two-sport athlete excels in football as a wide receiver (900 yds. 13 TDs) and transfers that athleticism to CF for the Dons. 

+ '25 SS Jett Kenady - Carlsbad High School - (Cal Commit)
Kenady is a three-sport athlete at Carlsbad, grabbing varsity letters in baseball, basketball, and football. Standing at 6'2, he provides a blend of raw athleticism that has transferred to all three sports and baseball IQ and coordination. He's a slick-fielding shortstop who has the ability to make plays from anywhere on the dirt. He maintains good run speeds while also being able to pack a punch at the plate. In his two varsity seasons, Kenady has 22 XBHs, including 9 HRs, while hitting at .328 over 192 ABs.

UNCOMMITTED NAMES TO KNOW ('25-'26 GRADS):

CLASS OF 2025:

+ '25 OF Druw Frost - Pt. Loma High School

Frost stood out to our staff in the spring and especially at the State Games in August. The bat plays to all fields with XBH pop to both gaps. Frost led Pt. Loma in average in 2024 and will hold a key role in the offense for his senior season.

+ '25 3B/RHP Kaij Ordaz - Mater Dei Catholic School

Ordaz is a physical RH hitter who has shown consistent ability to hit with impact on the San Diego High School baseball scene. While adding a solid RH pitching profile with a FB up to 87-88 MPH.

+ '25 Charlie Orman - El Camino High School

Orman is another intriguing 2-way uncommitted product out of San Diego who is coming off a very good year on the mound for El Camino High School while adding an athletic RH hitting INF defensive profile. 


+ '25 Trevor Smith - Granite Hills High School

Smith, another talented two-sport athlete in SD, was a key part of the Granite Hills lineup this past year. The switch-hitting outfielder is a capable contributor from both sides of the plate, enjoying a strong summer and fall. 

CLASS OF 2026:

+ '26 RHP Eli Brum - Patrick Henry High School

Brum is an emerging arm on a talented Patrick Henry staff. His velo has ticked up consistently throughout 2024 and he will look to carve out a significant role for his junior season.

+ '26 INF/RHP Taden Krogsgaard - Temecula Valley High School

Krogsgaard joined Team California at the 2024 Future Games at LakePoint, Georgia. The two-way SS/RHP from Temecula Valley HS has the traits necessary to stick on the left side of the dirt as well as a capable arsenal on the mound.


+ '26 INF/RHP Drew Kostich - Chaminade High School

Kostich is a strongly built corner INF/OF defensive profile RH hitter who is rising on the radar headed into his JR. campaign at Chaminade High School in the Mission League. He shows some present feel to hit while adding pull side impact with upside. with some potential on the mound as RH pitching prospect.

+ '26 INF/RHP Malakye Matsumoto - Notre Dame High School

Matsumoto is another rising name in the Jr. class who is looking at playing an impact role for a Mission League program as a corner INF defender with feel to hit and some sneaky pop, but also shows real upside on the mound with a FB that reaches the low 90's. 

+ '26 SS Jayden Parker - University City High School

Parker looks the part on the left side of the infield with a 6'3, 190 lbs. frame. He enjoyed a strong 2024 season, hitting .324, and will carry the invaluable experience of two years of starting experience into his junior season.

+ '26 C Derrick Robertson - San Juan Hills High School

Robertson has been a consistent performer at our events. The 6'1 180 lbs. catcher moves extremely well for his size and has shown consistent improvement across multiple events.

+ '26 LHP/OF Adam Whyte - Tustin High School 

Whyte is an interesting 2-way profile out of the Orange County area who shows potential as LH hitter with some impact in his bat, but also steps on the bump to flash a low mid 80's FB with an interesting breaking ball that has him trending upward.


+ '26 C Caydin Wilson - West Ranch High School

Wilson is an athletic receiver who shows really good potential behind the dish with feel to receive, block and a solid present throwing arm. With an emerging RH hitting profile that shows line to line hard contact the Santa Clarita area backstop is trending upward.

+ '26 C Nyte Teeter - Tustin High School

Teeter is a sound defensive profile backstop who flashes all the tools needed to stay behind the dish long term with upside to what he can do at a premium defensive spot. As well, he shows an interesting profile as RH pitcher on the bump.

RISING UNDERCLASSMEN ('27-'28 GRADS):

CLASS OF 2027

+ '27 SS/2B Cole Richards - Maranatha High School

A name on the rise with talent to stick up the middle defensively long term showing some SS potential while flashing a good offensive profile with a gap to gap line drive swing that shows feel to hit in game. 

CLASS OF 2028

+ '28 C Zephyr Gesuale - JSerra Catholic High School

LH hitters are always sure to catch eyes and when they are as talented as Gesuale is when stepping in a batters box they are sure to garner plenty of attention. Add in a solid defensive profile at a premium defensive spot and you can quickly see why the rising Trinity League product enters the San Diego Preseason All State event ranked #16 in California and the #2 ranked catcher for the '28 class.

+ '28 C Cooper Cantrell - Martin Luther King Jr. High School

Cantrell was a member of Team California at the 2024 Prep Baseball Junior Future Games where the Inland Empire product played a key role in leading them to a strong showing with his feel to defend behind the plate and his advanced present offensive profile. Cantrell enters the San Diego Preseason All State as the #33 ranked player in the '28 class.

+ '28 1B/LHP Aiden Vargas - Palos Verdes High School

Vargas shows real potential as both a LH hitter who flashed a high feel to hit during his time with Team California at the 2024 Prep Baseball Junior Future Games as one of the leading hitters for the squad. But, is also a high quality LHP with feel to throw strikes and enters the San Diego Preseason All State as the #34 ranked player in the '28 class.

+ '28 RHP/C Kayden Zimmerman - St. Augustine High School

Zimmerman is a rising '28 in the San Diego area who has continued to impress the Prep Baseball California staff over the last two years on the Rising Stars stage and then the SoCal Top Prospect Underclass this fall with a FB that works in the low 80's and shows an interesting 2-way profile as RH hitting catcher.

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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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