Monterey High’s Carter Aldrete, Woodcreek-Roseville’s Tyler Malone and St. Mary’s-Stockton’s Ripken Reyes have all made the 40-man USA Baseball 18U national trials’ team. All are infielders. Aldrete has played three sports at Monterey, including serving as quarterback for the football team.
The announcement came at the end of the Tournament of Stars.
The first round of trials will be in Cary, North Carolina from Monday through Friday. After that, the roster will be trimmed to 28.
The chosen 28 will then journey to Los Angeles for another round of trials where the team will be trimmed to its final 20 men.
A total of 107 athletes competed in the Tournament of Stars. The 40 players represent 17 states and 13 of the players are from California.
The 20 who make the 18U national team will compete in the WBSC AAA World Cup in Nishinomiya, Japan.
Here are the players who made the Trials roster and the alternates:
ROSTER
Carter Aldrete, IF, Monterey, Calif.
Jacob Amaya, IF, El Monte, Calif.
Michael Amditis, C, Boca Raton, Fla.
Ian Anderson, RHP, Rexford, N.Y.
Daniel Bakst, IF, New York, N.Y.
William Benson, IF/OF, Atlanta, Ga.
Austin Bergner, RHP, Windermere, Fla.
Cameron Blake, OF, Round Rock, Texas
J.J. Bleday, LHP/OF, Panama City Beach, Fla.
Jordan Butler, LHP, Odessa, Fla.
Daniel Cabrera, OF/LHP, River Ridge, La.
Bubba Carter, RHP, Damascus, Ark.
Carlos Cortes, OF/LHP, Oviedo, Fla.
Hans Crouse, RHP, Dana Point, Calif.
Peyton Culbertson, RHP, Collierville, Tenn.
Hagen Danner, RHP/C, Huntington Beach, Calif.
Will Ethridge, RHP, Lilburn, Ga.
Braxton Garrett, LHP, Florence, Ala.
Kevin Gowdy, RHP, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Hunter Greene, OF/LHP, Stevenson Ranch, Calif.
Ryan Hernandez, C, Miami, Fla.
Cooper Johnson, C, Mundelein, Ill.
Alex Kirilloff, IF, New Kensington, Pa.
Reggie Lawson, RHP, Adelanto, Calif.
Jack Little, RHP, Martinez, Ga.
Tyler Malone, IF, Roseville, Calif.
Morgan McCullough, IF, Seattle, Wash.
Peter McEvoy, IF, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Erik Miller, LHP, Wildwood, Mo.
Mickey Moniak, OF, Encinitas, Calif.
Nick Pratto, IF/LHP, Huntington Beach, Calif.
Nicholas Quintana, IF, Las Vegas, Nevada
Ripken Reyes, IF, Stockton, Calif.
Ryan Rolison, LHP, Jackson, Tenn.
Ben Rortvedt, C, New Glarus, Wis.
Blake Rutherford, OF, Simi Valley, Calif.
Blake Sabol, C/IF, Aliso Viejo, Calif.
Alex Speas, RHP, Powder Springs, Ga.
Cole Stobbe, IF, Omaha, Neb.
Forrest Whitley, RHP, San Antonio, Texas
ALTERNATES
Thomas Dillard II, C/IF, Greenwood, Miss.
Jason Groome, LHP, Barnegat, N.J.
Austin James, IF, Valrico, Fla.
Brandon Martorano, C, Marlboro, N.J.
Michael Sandborn, LHP, Tampa, Fla.
Cam Shepherd, IF, Duluth, Ga.
Josh Stephen, OF, Newport Beach, Calif.
Colton Welker, IF, Coral Springs, Fla.
