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FULLERTON, CALIF. - This past weekend, the staff of Prep Baseball California hosted the California State Games, which took place on July 31, Aug. 1 and 2 at Fullerton College & Fullerton High School, featuring players from the grad classes of 2027 through 2029.

Over 150 players made their way to Fullerton Junior College/Fullerton High School for the event. On Friday, all position players in attendance participated in a pro-style workout, gathering unrivaled access to data through our state-of-the-art tech partners, as well as in-depth scouting analysis from our Prep Baseball California staff. For a closer look at the showcase details and the technologies we had on-site to assist our in-person evaluation for all in attendance, click here. 

All position players in attendance were electronically measured for height, weighed in, and recorded grip strength readings. From there, they ran a 60-yard sprint with all split times being gathered using VALD Technologies' laser timing system. Upon completion of the athletic and body testing portion of the day, the players went into offensive evaluations with multiple rounds of batting practice, where Trackman Technologies and Blast Motion swing trackers were in use to gather batted ball and swing data on players in attendance, in addition to undergoing Vizual Edge testing and VALD Jump testing. This was then followed by defensive evaluations at their primary and secondary position (OF, C, SS, 1B), with arm strength being measured via a Stalker Radar gun and skill evaluations by our staff on hand. 

Once the workout day was completed, the focus of the event shifted to the live gameplay portion of the event. With 10 teams comprised of players from around the state of California, each playing two games apiece, our staff got an ample look at how the tools displayed the previous day correlated to the game performances of the players in attendance. The pitchers of the California State Games each took the mound for between two and three innings of work, with pitcher-only arms facing five hitters for three innings while two-ways faced between three and four hitters for between two and three innings of work. That made for ten games across two fields over two days where our staff got their eyes on plenty of the current top talent in California.

For the first time, our staff is announcing All-California State Games Teams with today focusing on the 1st team honorees. In the process, we are awarding one catcher, four infielders, three outfielders, one designated hitter, one utility (two-way player), and three pitchers for the 1st and 2nd teams, while recognizing an Honorable Mention squad of outstanding performers. 

HONORABLE MENTION ALL-STATE GAMES:

+ '29 1B Nolan Baird - Orange Lutheran High School

+ '29 RHP/INF Martin Castro - Ridgeview High School

+ '27 C/1B Aidan Gogley - Foothill High School

+ '27 INF Xavier Horton - Wiseburn DaVinci High School

+ '29 OF Maksim Tucker - Rancho Bernardo High School

+ '28 SS Jack Phillips - Corona Del Mar High School

+ '27 INF Guillermo MacFarland - St. Augustine High School

+ '27 RHP/OF James Rocha - San Dimas High School

+ '27 C Anderson Markese - San Dimas High School

+ '29 RHP Rourke Julio - Vista Murrieta High School

+ '27 INF Bradley Canfield - Amador Valley High School

+ '27 RHP Cole Engels - Rancho Buena Vista High School

+ '29 LHP Finn Goodridge - Mater Dei High School

+ '27 RHP Maddox Delgado - Alta Loma High School

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