2022 Season Preview: Cypress Centurions
February 3, 2022
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The Road to the California State Games begins with the 2022 California high school baseball season. With the season just around the corner, our Staff has begun putting out team previews from all around the state getting you prepare for another year of exciting coverage.
Today we focus on the Cypress Centurions who bring back their whole pitching staff and all but two starters which have them positioned for a successful spring season.
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Team:
Cypress Centurions
Head Coach (years at school)
John Weber 16
Twitter Handle
CIF Section & Division
1
Conference/League Name
Empire
Last Year’s Record
19-11
Stat Leaders from 2021
- 3B Daniel Garcia
- RHP/OF Matthew Morrell
- C Bren Wilkinson
- CF Neil Jansen
2021 Playoff Run
Quarterfinals L to HW
# of Returning Starters
6
# of Returning Pitchers
4
Team Expectations
We have great experience from last years team as we return all but 2 starters from that group. This group has the making of a really good team even though it's still a young group. The outlook is that we will start only 3 seniors: OF Neil Jansen (San Jose St.), C Bren Wilkson (CSUN) and 3B Daniel Garcia. Our pitching all returns, which is nice, however, we do lack depth for all the non-league games early. I do like our 3 starters in Morrell, Ocampo, and Matlock.
Team Strengths
Experience, offense, defense.
Areas of Improvement
Pitching could be the only area that we lack depth. We return 3 starters from last year; Jr. OF/RHP - Matthew Morrell (Oregon St), Soph. Zak Ocampo and JR Luke Matlock. However, I like the addition of Soph. OF/LHP - Gabe Cobian (LBSU), and freshman John Short.
College Commitments
- JR. OF/RHP - Matthew Morrell (Oregon St)
- Soph. OF/LHP - Gabe Cobian (LBSU)
- SR. OF - Neil Jansen (San Jose St.)
- SR. C - Bren Wilkson (CSUN)
- Soph. C/1B - Nick Montgomery (ASU)
- JR. SS - Abbrie Covarrubias (LBSU)
Top 22s
SR. OF - Neil Jansen (San Jose St.)
SR. C - Bren Wilkson (CSUN)
Top 23s
JR. OF/RHP - Matthew Morrell (Oregon St)
JR. SS - Abbrie Covarrubias (LBSU)
JR. RHP/2B - Luke Matlock
JR. 1B/OF - Matthew (Chewy) Thomas, Transfer from Bosco. Big time pop. Has to sit out.
Top 24s
Soph. OF/LHP - Gabe Cobian (LBSU)
Soph. C/1B - Nick Montgomery (ASU)
Soph. LHP - Zack Ocampo
Top 25s
Fr. RHP/INF - John Short - Will pitch a lot and play 2B.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SHOWCASE | STATE | DATE | LOCATION |
Super 60 Pro Showcase | NATIONAL | 02/06 | The MAX - McCook, Ill. |
SoCal Rising Stars: Los Angeles | CA | 02/27 | O'Malley Field |
SoCal Rising Stars: Orange County | CA | 03/20 | JSerra High School |
SoCal Rising Stars: Inland Empire | CA | 04/24 | Corona High School |
SoCal Rising Stars Games | CA | 06/04 | O'Malley Field |
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