The Missouri high school baseball season kicks off on Mar. 19, opening day for regular season action under MSHSAA 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 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 2026 preseason coverage continues today.

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2026 SEASON OUTLOOK

No. of Returning Position Players: 3
No. of Returning Pitchers: 4

Top Returners:

• Asher Schulze (2026) - SS/2B, 6'1, 170, R/R
  • State Fair CC commit
  • All Conference/District. 41 Hits last year. Top returning hitter.
• Cole Norden (2026) - 2B/LF, 6'2, 190, L/R
  • Allen CC commit
• Josh Marsh (2026) - OF, 5'9, 175, R/L
  • Hit .314 last year
• Nick Oreskovich (2026) - P, 5'10, 170, R/R
  • #1 Pitcher- 25 Innings last year.

Top Newcomers:

• Carson Bass (2028) - OF, 6'1, 180
• Kale Castaner (2027) - SS/2B, 6'0, 170
• Alec Best (2027) - OF, 5'8, 180
• Finn Cunningham (2027) - C, 6'2, 210
• Brayden Stover (2026) - 3B, 5'7, 160
• Colin Cao (2028) - C, 5'8, 160

Key Players Lost:

• Will Kimes 
• Crew Norden - USC Upstate
• Cooper Siebuhr - Mineral Area JC
• Tyler Towe - Truman State
• Tyler Clayton 
• Jake Musick 
• Koen Straub 
• Dylan Davis 
• Connor Huddleston - Moberly Area CC

Coach’s Insight: “This team offensively will be built around it's speed. Six projected starters run under a 7.0 sixty-yard dash. These guys have the ability to put pressure on defenses, create chaos and score runs. Our top end arms have varsity mound experience and will be looking to use that to give the team length week to week. We return 10% of the varsity at bats and innings on the mound. We don't have a lot of depth with experience on hitting and pitching. At a large school, we have several guys that have been waiting their turn behind an amazing 2025 graduated class to prove themselves.” – Jeff Bazat, head coach

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Find more information on the 2026 Rock Bridge program below:

+ Follow them on X: @RBcomobaseball
+ Visit Prep Baseball Missouri’s 2026 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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