The 2024 Texas high school baseball season is quickly approaching and, as usual, excitement is abound throughout the state. Players and coaches have been working in preparation for the upcoming season and, as is the case each year, there are some very talented players and teams across Texas.

Teams across the state have goals and aspirations to finish their seasons in Austin at the UIL State Tournament in June, but there is plenty of work to be done before that becomes reality. We hope to familiarize our readers with many of the teams across the state as we preview individual teams across Texas. We will take you right up to first pitch this season with these team previews, eventually releasing our Preseason Power 30 rankings that’ll carry us into the opening week of action.

Please keep checking back throughout the season as we will be your one-stop shop for everything related to high school baseball across the state. Each week we will be releasing our Players of the Week and updating the Power 30 rankings.

Our 2024 preseason coverage continues today.

High School: Dallas Jesuit Rangers
Head Coach: Brian Jones
UIL Classification: UIL Class 6A (District 7)
Team Strengths: Athletic & Young
2023 Record (Playoff Finish): 25-13-4 (6A Regional Quarterfinalists)
Key Players Lost: Luke Isett - LHP, Nick Barber, 2B, Jonah Timmons, 1B

 

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TOP RETURNING PLAYERS

+ C/OF Tristen Bird (2024; uncommitted) - Second Team All-District in 2023
+ RHP Dillon Brandt (2025; Pennsylvania) - District Pitcher of the Year in 2023
+ INF/RHP Jake Fults (2025; Kentucky) - First Team All-District in 2023, *2021 PB Junior Future Games Participant*
+ OF Braxton Barber (2026; TCU) - Second Team All-District in 2023, *2022 PB Junior Future Games Participant*
+ INF/RHP James Jorgensen (2026) - District Newcomer of the Year in 2023

*2026 James Jorgensen*

+ CIF Taylor Haddock (2026) - Second Team All-District in 2023, *2022 PB Junior Future Games Participant*

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TOP NEWCOMERS

+ RHP Asher Levy (2025; uncommitted) - *2021 PB Junior Future Games Participant*
+ INF Husdon Yobp (2026)
+ UTL Shane Parker (2026) - *2022 PB Junior Future Games Participant*

*2026 Shane Parker*

+ INF Charlie Wilson (2026)

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FRESHMEN TO FOLLOW

+ UTL Preston Farragut (2027)
+ LHP/1B Cole Johnson (2027)
+ UTL JP Malone (2027)
+ C/UTL Roman Derichsweiler (2027)

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TEAM OUTLOOK

Coach Brian Jones and the Dallas Jesuit Rangers bring back a very talented young roster for the 2024 season. The Rangers bring back six players who earned All-District awards in 2023 as well as an astounding five players who have participated in the Prep Baseball Junior Future Games. This year’s roster is expected to be very athletic in all areas with promising young talent leading the charge.

The upperclassmen to know for the Rangers’ 2024 team are C/OF Tristen Bird (2024; uncommitted), RHP Dillon Brandt (2025; Pennsylvania), INF/RHP Jake Fults (2025; Kentucky), and RHP Asher Levy (2025; uncommitted). Bird is expected to start behind the dish for the Rangers after earning Second Team All-District last season. Brandt is expected to be the team’s ace in 2024 after earning District Pitcher of the Year in 2023, and is currently ranked No. 114 in the state. Fults returns after a First Team All-District campaign in 2023 that has him now ranked in the top-30 for the state, and No. 279 nationally. It is also worth mentioning that both Fults and varsity newcomer RHP Asher Levy were teammates during the 2021 Junior Future Games.

The sophomore class for the Rangers is loaded from top to bottom with established talent and potential heading into 2024. Headlining the class is TCU commit OF Braxton Barber, who was Second Team All-District in 2023, as well as a 2022 Junior Future Games participant for the state. Barber is currently ranked No. 35 in the state, and No. 331 nationally. The reigning District Newcomer of the Year returns in INF/RHP James Jorgensen. Jorgensen, finds himself not far behind Barber in both the state and national rankings, checking in at No. 40 and No. 348, respectively. This past summer at the Top Prospect Games: Central Texas, Jorgensen put up some serious numbers for his age; running a 6.91 60, throwing 87 mph from the infield and 93 mph from the outfield, while also posting a 97.2 mph max exit velocity with the bat. Two additional members from the 2022 Texas Junior Future Games team will be on this 2024 Rangers’ squad in returning CIF Taylor Haddock and newcomer UTL Shane Parker. Haddock was Second Team All-District last season and is currently ranked No. 37 in the state and No. 342 nationally, putting him right in between Barber and Jorgensen. Parker will join the varsity squad this year and is currently ranked within the top-70 for the state. Additionally joining varsity from the sophomore class this season will be infielders Husdon Yobp and Charlie Wilson, with Wilson checking in at No. 144 in the state.

The Rangers have four freshmen to note as they begin their high school careers this spring in UTL Preston Farragut, LHP/1B Cole Johnson, UTL JP Malone, and C/UTL Roman Derichsweiler. These four, along with the aforementioned sophomore class will give Coach Jones a lot of pieces to build around for future years.

This Rangers team looks locked and loaded for 2024, and with their athleticism and talented underclassmen they could make a deep 6A playoff run. Look for Dallas Jesuit to be one of the team’s our staff is watching closely throughout the spring.

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Find more information on the 2024 Dallas Jesuit Rangers program below:

+ <<2024 Schedule>>
+ Follow Dallas Jesuit on X: @jcpbaseball
+ Prep Baseball Texas, Power 30 Homepage

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