Prep Baseball Report

Team Preview: Salpointe Catholic


Brett Thorney
State Scouting Director

The Arizona Interscholastic Association has announced that opening day of the 2020 season will commence on Wednesday, February 26th. Programs were allowed to begin practicing and holding tryouts in an official capacity on February 10th. The PBR Arizona staff will start to begin its 2020 season coverage starting with our Preseason Power 25 rankings. Over the next several weeks and leading up to opening day, we will be highlighting some of the top programs in state in our team previews. PBR will also be publishing its state Power 25 rankings that will be updated every Monday going forward. Throughout the season, PBR will be pumping out coverage, highlighting individual players, games, rankings, scouting reports and nominating a player of the week. PBR looks forward to getting out there this spring to see some great baseball. 

Our Preseason Power 25 rankings coverage starts today.
 Team: Salpointe Catholic
Preseason Rank: 
14
2019 Record: 
25-6
Conference: Kino
2019 Conference Finish: 1st
AIA Classification: 4A
Head Coach: Danny Preble
Playoff Run: State Champions
Returning Starters: 4
Returning Pitchers: 4

KEY PLAYERS LOST:

Name State School Class Pos Commitment
Ian Ponce AZ Salpointe Catholic 2019 OF Gateway CC
Nano Vasquez AZ Salpointe Catholic 2019 INF  
Romero Ballesteros AZ Salpointe Catholic 2019 SS  
Jojo Cornejo AZ Salpointe Catholic 2019 1B  
Ryan Grabosch AZ Salpointe Catholic 2019  C Central Arizona
Ray Aguilar AZ Salpointe Catholic 2019 RHP

TOP PLAYERS:

Name State School Class Pos Commitment
Nomar Basurto AZ Salpointe Catholic 2020 1B Gateway CC
Levi Padilla AZ Salpointe Catholic 2020 OF Regis University
Ricky Santiago AZ Salpointe Catholic 2020 OF/RHP  
Jaeden Swanberg AZ Salpointe Catholic 2020 LHP Pima CC
Cade McGee AZ Salpointe Catholic 2021 3B/RHP  

UNDERCLASSMEN TO FOLLOW:

Name State School Class Pos Commitment
Luis Garcia AZ Salpointe Catholic 2021 INF
Dawson McHughes AZ Salpointe Catholic 2021 OF/RHP  
RJ Molina AZ Salpointe Catholic 2021 UT/RHP  
Gabe Preble AZ Salpointe Catholic 2021 C  
Jack Rogers AZ Salpointe Catholic 2021 1B/RHP  
Mason White AZ Salpointe Catholic 2021 INF  

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