2021 Team Preview: Plano East Panthers
January 25, 2021
High School: Plano East
Classification: UIL Class 6A (District 6)
Head Coach: Jordan Byrd
Team Strengths: Pitching Depth, Team Speed, Defense
Team Weaknesses: Lack of Power in the Lineup
Top Returning Players
2021 RHP/OF Ben Baker-Livingston (New Mexico Signee)
2021 RHP/SS Colton Shaw (Yale Signee)
2021 RHP/IF Jake Jennings
2021 LHP/1B Jack Lubow (UT Dallas Signee)
2021 MIF Zach Esquivel
2022 RHP/OF Caleb Bergman
2022 C Kyler Kang
Names to Know (2021 Class)
2021 RHP/OF Ben Baker-Livingston (New Mexico Signee)
2021 RHP/SS Colton Shaw (Yale Signee)
2021 RHP/IF Jake Jennings
2021 LHP/1B Jack Lubow (UT Dallas Signee)
2021 MIF Zach Esquivel
2021 RHP/3B Austin Stanton
Names to Know (2022 Class)
2022 RHP/OF Caleb Bergman
2022 C Kyler Kang
2022 C Jaxon Atchley
2022 LHP/1B Daniel McNair
2022 C/3B Harrison Daugherty
Names to Know (2023 & 2024 Class)
2023 OF/LHP Dasan Harris
2023 C/MIF Jacob Stewart
2023 OF/MIF/RHP Drew Conner
2024 RHP/OF Brayden Bergman
2024 MIF/OF Isaiah Brewington
2024 OF/RHP/C Drew Devillier
Team Summary
Coach Jordan Byrd and his Plano East Panthers have a positive outlook on the 2021 season after their hot start in 2020 was cut short. Coach Byrd returns eight starters, with six of the eight being pitchers. Byrd has confidence in the team's pitching depth, as well as overall team speed and ability to defend. The speed and experience in the lineup is solid but Coach Byrd will look for some power bats to emerge. Returning on the mound is 2021 RHP/OF Ben Baker-Livingston (New Mexico Signee) who had 2 CGs and 19 Ks in 16 IP in 2020, as well as 2021 RHP/SS Colton Shaw (Yale Signee) who recorded 20 Ks in 17 IP in 2020. Returning in the lineup for the Panthers is 2021 RHP/3B Austin Stanton, 2021 RHP/IF Jake Jennings, 2022 C Kyler Kang, 2022 RHP/OF Caleb Bergman who look to pick up where they left off in 2020. The Panthers are an experienced team with a deep pitching staff, they look to make some noise in the competitive District 6-6A.