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: 6
No. of Returning Pitchers: 4

Top Returners:

• P/1B Keynen Drury (2025; Rockhurst)
• 2B/P Easton Day (2025; East Central)
• CF Aidan Roland (2025; East Central)
  • missed all last year with torn UCL- big arm, big bat
• SS/P Gunner Sutton (2025)
  • expecting a huge year
• 3B/P Max Partney (2027)
  • one of the top sophomores in the state, consistently hits the ball 350+

Top Newcomers:

• OF/RHP Riley Wallace (2026)
  • big arm from our JV, finally his time
• RHP Cash Linderer (2028)

Key Players Lost:

• Dom Sutton
• Gavin Hite
• Cohen Linderer

Coach’s Insight: “We should have the best offensive lineup we’ve had since I’ve been here, also a great defense. Pitching will be the Achilles heel though. Have to find those 2 big conference arms and turn some infielders into outfielders by district time.” – Matt Thompson, head coach

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Find more information on the 2025 Hillsboro program below:

+ Follow them on X: @Hborobaseball
+ 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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