The Missouri high school baseball season kicks off on Mar. 20, opening day for regular season action under MSHSAA regulations. Leading up to opening day, we’ll be publishing our team previews ahead of the 2025 spring season, touching on programs spanning all state classifications, counting down to the official Prep Baseball Missouri Preseason Power 25 Rankings.

Perennially, we’ve submitted a preseason questionnaire to high school head coaches across the entire state. Their responses have been flooding in and we’re using the detailed insight they’ve provided in our team-by-team preseason analysis.

Our 2025 preseason coverage continues today.

 

---

2025 SEASON OUTLOOK

No. of Returning Position Players: 10
No. of Returning Pitchers: 5

Top Returners:

• P/OF Eli Sitzer (2025; Washington - St. Louis) - 6'2", 190, R/R
  • Will be a 4-year varsity letter winner; lead-off hitter and excellent baserunner
• OF/1B/P Langston Smith (2025; Dillard) - 6'4", 205, L/L
  • Superb defensive player in the OF and at 1B; has been our 3-hole hitter since his sophomore year and will be a 4-year letter winner in baseball
• P/OF Jack Passan (2026) - 6'1", 190, R/R
  • Excellent hitter who will be expected to take on more innings on the mound this year; versatile defensive player who has settled into playing left field , but he can play infield, too; 4-hole hitter for us last year
• INF/P Nico Chiu (2026) - 5'9", 180, L/R
  • Lettered his freshman and sophomore years; two-hole hitter; has good power for his frame; should hit 2-hole for us
• INF/C/P Brendan Sotta (2025; Carleton) - 6'1", 160, R/R
  • Steady player on the IF; 4th year as starting SS; will serve as back-up catcher

Top Newcomers:

• OF/P Beckley Seaton (2026) - 5'8", 160, L/L
  • Should provde us with some innings on the infield this year; good left-handed hitter; pick up time in the OF this spring
• INF/P Carson Kobolt (2027) - 5'9", 160, R/R
  • Sould give us innings on the mound and on the infield
• INF/P Beckett Berning (2027) - 5'7", 160, L/R

Key Players Lost:

• Dimitri Guy
• Reece Nutter (Johnson County CC)

Coach’s Insight: “The 2025 Pembroke Hill baseball team is a very experienced team. Three of the seniors have been starting since they were freshman. Two of the juniors have started since they were freshmen. The senior class won 6 games during their freshmen year, 11 games during the sophomore season, and 15 games during their junior season, so they have shown improvement each year. We should be very good defensively and should have pitchers that fill the strike zone with strikes. We should be pretty good at manufacturing runs, too. This team does not have any post-season experience. We also have very low numbers for the program as we are looking at only 19 players going out for baseball this spring.” – Jeff Diskin, head coach

---

Find more information on the 2025 Pembroke Hill program below:

+ Follow them on X: @PHSOldSchool
+ Visit Prep Baseball Missouri’s 2025 MSHSAA Team Previews page to learn more.

+ If you are a high school coach and didn’t receive our questionnaire, please click HERE to fill out the form

---

Related Content