The Missouri high school baseball season kicks off on Mar. 14, 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: 14
No. of Returning Pitchers: 8

Top Returners:

• LHP/1B Mason Lee (2025; Bradley)
  • 2024 conference pitcher of the year
• UTL/RHP Nate Friedrich (2025)
  • 2024 1st team all-conference
• INF Cameron Crumble (2027)
  • 2024 1st team all-conference

Top Newcomers:

• LHP Zayden Patel (2027)
  • Threw some innings at the end of last spring, expecting him to get a lot of opportunities this year
• MIF/RHP Braylon Cook (2027)
  • Saw varsity time last year, expect to see an increased role this season

Key Players Lost:

• Kyle Manker

Coach’s Insight: “We are returning several players with varsity experience. We should have some solid starting pitching and some bullpen depth. We also have some guys that move pretty well in the field, and we will lean on our pitching and defense. There were times last year when we had difficulties producing runs. We return several position players who got a lot of at bats last year, and I expect those guys to help us improve what was our biggest weakness last season.” – Victor Fink, head coach

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Find more information on the 2025 Pattonville program below:

+ Follow them on X: @PHSDugout
+ 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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