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The 2025 California 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 California.

Teams across the state have goals and aspirations to finish their seasons in their respective CIF Section Championship Game, 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 these individual programs across California. We will take you right up to first pitch this season with these team previews, eventually releasing our Preseason Power 25 rankings.

Please keep checking back throughout the season as we will be your one-stop shop for everything related to high school baseball across California. Each week we will be releasing our Power 25, Players of the Week, Diamond Notes, podcasts, and much more.

Our 2025 preseason coverage continues today with a preview of the Beckman Patriots.

2025 TEAM OUTLOOK

High School: Beckman Patriots
Head Coach: Kevin Lavalle
CIF Section: Southern Section
Division: Division 3 (2024)
2024 Record (Playoff Finish):  25-6-1 (D3 Champions)
Key Players Lost:  Zach Ireland, Isaiah Kapur, Ken Tomitaka

+ No. Returning Positional Players: 4
+ No. Returning Pitchers: 1
+ Team Strengths: Consistency and good talent overall throughout our roster.

+ Key Players:

Seniors:

+ '25 SS Jagger Snitko

+ '25 RHP/INF Nick Molina

+ '25 Ethan Rhee

Juniors:

+ '26 RHP Carter Head

+ '26 Kai Carney

+ '26 RHP Kavin Patel

+ '26 OF Gus Powell

+ Projected Starters: Carter Head (26), Nick Molina (25) TBA

+ Projected Relievers: To Be Determined

IMPACT UNDERCLASSMEN 

None at this time

BOTTOM LINE

"We are coming off a tremendous 2024 campaign that culminated in a dogpile at Storm Stadium for a D3 title, but with that in mind some of the key players off that team have graduated and moved on. The 2025 roster will be highlighted by our consistency of play and the good talent depth we have overall. We will show up, play our brand of baseball and compete game in and game out this year." - Coach Lavalle

PREP BASEBALL CA STAFF’S TAKE

"The challenge to repeat as CIF-SS champions is going to be real for Beckman in the 2025 season. But, many didn't think they'd end last season as champions, so the possiblity of it happening isn't zero. Coach Lavalle gets the most out of his players regardless of their abilities and that was evident during their playoff run last season where they knocked off teams that, on paper, maybe had more talent and accolades. But as we know, it all comes down to how you play the game and under Lavalle, Beckman has shown the ability to adjust in-game and play situational baseball. There's a lot talented depth on this roster that will be counted on to take last seasons results and try to duplicate the results this spring. Despite some key losses, particularly on the mound, Beckman returns enough pitching and offense to make a run at another league title and make some noise in the postseason." - Les Lukach

Learn more about California’s 2025 spring season below:

+ Follow Beckman on X: @BPatsBaseball
+ Find more team previews on the Prep Baseball California Season Previews homepage

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Upcoming Events

Showcase	State	Date	Location
East Bay Preseason ID	CA	02/01/25	Pittsburg High School
Sacramento Preseason ID	CA	02/09/25	McBean Park
Orange County Rising Stars ID	CA	03/02/25	Mater Dei High School
Inland Empire Rising Stars ID	CA	03/30/25	Corona High School
Los Angeles Rising Stars ID	CA	04/27/25	O'Malley Field

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