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Preseason Preview: Torrance Tartars

March 18, 2021
PBR California Staff

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COVID ended the 2020 season early throughout the State but as things progress quickly for the 2021 high school season, it’s time for us to preview teams from around the State in the Yearly Preseason Preview. Schedules are being adapted to fit the ever-changing landscape and though this season may look different than history has shown us, coaches/staff, players, families, and our team are preparing for 2021 to be as successful as possible. 

We’ve submitted the Preseason Questionnaire to high school head coaches across the entire state and their responses have been flooding in. Over the next several weeks, we’ll be using their detailed insight on our team-by-team previews ahead of the 2021 season leading into the California Power 25 Rankings. 

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With all that said let’s take a look at today’s Preseason Preview of the Torrance Tartars.

TEAM:

Torrance Tartars

HEAD COACH (years at school):

Rob Ybarra (8 / 1st as Head Coach)

OFFICIAL TWITTER:

@tartars_baseball

CIF SECTION & DIVISION:

Southern Section / Division 3

CONFERENCE/LEAGUE NAME:

Pioneer League

LAST YEAR’S RECORD:

9-2

# OF RETURNING STARTERS:

5

# OF RETURNING PITCHERS:

2

TOP RETURNING PLAYERS:

2021 LHP/1B Conrad Vaimoso

2021 INF AJ Gonzalez

2021 RHP/OF Diego Luna

2021 INF Tanner Barbosa

2022 SS Corey Nunez - UC Santa Barbara

2022 3B Angel Gonzalez - Long Beach State

2022 INF/RHP Noah Mcminn

2022 C Nate Torres

2022 RHP/OF Aidan Irvine

2022 RHP/INF Mikey Ramirez

2022 RHP/UTL Brock Mayer

THE FUTURE:

2023 OF/1B Matthew Chavez

2023 1B/RHP Thomas Adair

2023 C Dylan Mendoza

2023 OF/LHP Ricky Ahumada

2024 1B Anthony Macias

2024 INF/OF Slater Nunez

2024 INF Eshua Dasai

SEASON OUTLOOK: 

The Tartars were off to a hot 2020 season before being shut down and now bring a much younger team into 2021. Though they may be young, they’re still bringing the same competitive attitude to 2021 and are expecting to have another season where they find themselves atop the Pioneer League. With two D1 commits on the left side of the infield and a strong group of seniors to round it out, the Infield defense will be a major asset for Coach Ybarra this season. That infield will be counted on to support a young and growing pitching staff on both sides of the ball. If the youth develops like Coach Ybarra believes they will, the Torrance Tartars will be a tough battle for Division 3 in 2021.  

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
Rising Stars Showcase - NorCal  CA 06/08 Islanders Field
State Games ID - NorCal  CA 06/15 Islanders Field
Rising Stars Showcase  CA 06/22 Hart Park
Northern California ProCase  CA 07/06 McBean Stadium - Lincoln, CA
SoCal ProCase  CA 07/07 Hart Park
SoCal Academic Games  CA 07/13 Hart Park
California State Games  CA 07/16-07/18 Islanders Field


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