The Missouri high school baseball season kicks off on Mar. 20, opening day for regular season action under MSHSAA regulations. Leading up to opening day, we’ll be publishing our team previews ahead of the 2025 spring season, touching on programs spanning all state classifications, counting down to the official Prep Baseball Missouri 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 2025 preseason coverage continues today.

 

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2025 SEASON OUTLOOK

No. of Returning Position Players: 7
No. of Returning Pitchers: 8

Top Returners:

• C Charlie Wortham (2025; Mississippi St.) - 6-1, 195, R/R
• C Caynen Patterson (2025; Southeast Missouri St.) - 5-10, 180, R/R
• P/UTL Syl Tournier (2025; Heartland CC) - 6-1, 200, R/R
• OF Landon Edmonds (2025; Snead St. CC) - 5-8, 165, L/R
• RHP Noah Cunningham (2025; Missouri S&T) - 6-0, 200, R/R
• RHP/OF Brayden Wakula (2025) - 6-0, 175, R/R
• RHP Brandon Ott (2027) - 6-4, 186, L/R

Key Players Lost:

• Nick Phillips
• Michael Wunderlich
• Ethan Shupe
• Jake Panagos
• Nate Kirby
• Charlie Brien
• Ryan Jung

Coach’s Insight: “The Spartans return a core of players who have been on varsity since their sophomore years. Their experience and leadership will be important to the rest of the roster. A number of key returners are coming back from injuries. Their ability to return to form will have a large impact on the season.” – Tim Canavan, head coach

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Find more information on the 2025 De Smet Jesuit program below:

+ Visit Prep Baseball Missouri’s 2025 MSHSAA 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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