The Kansas high school baseball season kicks off on Mar. 19, opening day for regular season action under KSHSAA regulations. Leading up to opening day, we’ll be publishing our team previews ahead of the 2026 spring season, touching on programs spanning all state classifications, counting down to the official Prep Baseball Kansas Preseason Power 25 Rankings.

Perennially, we’ve submitted a preseason questionnaire to high school head coaches across the entire state. Their responses have been flooding in and we’re using the detailed insight they’ve provided in our team-by-team preseason analysis.

Our 2026 preseason coverage continues today.

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2026 SEASON OUTLOOK

No. of Returning Position Players: 12
No. of Returning Pitchers: 5

Top Returners:

• Kaiden Simons (2026) - RF, L/L
  • Metropolitan CC commit
  • 4 year varsity starter, UKC HM
• Myles Ross (2026) - SS, S/R
  • Texas Tech commit
  • 3 year varsity starter, UKC First Team
• Carter Laird (2026) - P/OF, R/R,
  • Kansas City Kansas CC commit
  • 6-2 on the mound last year, UKC HM
• Judah Monhollon (2026) - C, R/R
  • Washburn commit 
  • UKC HM
• Mason Porter (2026) - OF, L/R
  • UKC Second Team
• Dylan Eikenbary (2027) - P/IF/OF, R/L
  • 3 year starter, 7-1 on the mound last year, sub 2 ERA, UKC HM

Top Newcomers:

• Corey Eikenbary (2027) - P/IF, R/R
• Blake Wiss (2028) - P/IF, R/R

Key Players Lost:

• Jovahni Perez

Coach’s Insight: “Piper returns 6 position players and 5 pitchers from a team that advanced to the state tournament. We should be pretty competitive on the mound and play pretty sound defense. Piper averaged 4 runs per game last year, and will look to be more aggressive at the plate and the bases.” – Randy Robertson, head coach

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Find more information on the 2026 Piper program below:

+ Follow them on X: @piper_pirateBSB
+ Visit Prep Baseball Kansas’ 2026 KSHSAA Team Previews page to learn more.

+ If you are a high school coach and didn’t receive our questionnaire, please click HERE to fill out the form

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