Prep Baseball Report

Preseason Top 50 Countdown: No. 6 D'Evelyn





By John Cackowski

State Director

Leading up to the start of the high school season, we will count down the Top 50 preseason teams every day as part of our comprehensive season coverage. The Top 50 teams are picked from all classifications, and are not divided up by class level. To see the entire list click here 

Team: D'Evelyn
Preseason Rank:
6
2015 Record:
22-3
Conference:
Jeffco
 CHSAA Class: 4A
Head Coach:
Dan Porreco
Playoff Run: Lost to Green Mountain 2-1 in the 4A Final Four
2015 Final Rank: 6
Returning Starters:
5
Returning Pitchers: 4

TOP PLAYERS
Cameron Brown, LHP/OF No. 15 2016 (Notre Dame)
Dylan Nelson, 1B/RHP, No. 35 2016 (Metropolitan State)
Mitch Menard, OF/LHP, No. 94 2016
Willie Gordon, C, No. 59 2017
Christian Cedillo, 3B, No. 85 2017
Dylan Aurich, RHP, 2017

OTHER PLAYERS THAT COULD MAKE AN IMPACT
Matt Hansen, INF, 2018

X-FACTOR
Finding a solid No. 2 pitcher. Menard, Nelson, and Aurich are all candidates.

STAT RAT
Cameron Brown last year had the most dominating pitching line in recent memrory. He went 6-0, pitched 47 innings, struck out 87 batters, gave up only 23 hits, and registered a 0.59 ERA.

BOTTOM LINE
The Jaguars lost a heartbreaking game 2-1 to eventual 4A State Champions Green Mountain in the Final Four. They might have lost that one, but people should expect them to be back in 2016. The Jaguars bring back the best LHP in the state in Cameron Brown (Notre Dame). Please refer to Stat Line above. On top of that Brown also hit .435, drove in 19 runs and with his speed stole 7 bases. 2016 1B Dylan Nelson (Metropolitan State) led the team with 6 homeruns and 8 doubles in 2015 while also hitting .433. 2016 OF/LHP Mitch Menard hit .377 last year and also showed pop in his bat with 2 homeruns to go along with 23 RBI's. 2017 C Willie Gordan is very solid behind the plate and returns as the starting catcher. 2017 3B Christian Cedillo hit .351 in 2015 when he was given a chance to start. The Jaguars have the right pieces to contend for the 4A State Championship in 2016. If they get similar production from their starters they got in 2015 they are the favorites to win it.

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