Frontier finished the regular season with a 19-30 record last spring. The Bobcats’ roster was fairly young in 2025 and there are a handful of returners in key spots that surely benefitted from the regular playing time they received. Couple that with some new names that are likely to be impacts right away and there’s certainly reason for optimism around this Frontier club. 

POSITION PLAYERS

Frontier’s offense offers a blend of key returners and talented, athletic newcomers. It’ll start with R-Soph CIF Gael Salinas, a UT Rio Grande Valley commit that’ll flourish again in the middle of this lineup. In 177 at-bats last spring, Salinas hit .373 with a .968 OPS and also drove in a team-high 32 runs. Salinas’ return brings a stable, reliable presence right in the heart of this Frontier offense as he’s primed for another productive spring before moving on to the four-year level. 

Gael Salinas

Sophomore C Sean McConachie is another everyday player that’s back for Frontier in 2026, which is an added plus given that he’s likely to be their starting catcher. In 129 at-bats last spring, McConachie hit .310 and walked more than he struck out, driving in 25 runs with eight doubles. He’s a steady, sure-handed reliever behind the plate with a short, accurate release and is plenty capable of captaining this improved pitching staff. 

Sean McConachie

Working around the diamond, the Bobcats have a handful of sophomores that are still uncommitted of note. INF Cam Napier ran a 6.67 60 at our scout day this fall and showed sure-handed actions on the dirt with a simple, uphill right-handed swing. 1B Justin Earley swings an aggressive, high-intent right-handed barrel that flashed power potential in our BP looks. The same can be said for OF Asa Dunlevey, who’s a strong, physical right-handed hitter with middle-of-the-order type raw bat strength and raw bat speed. INF Dillon James saw success in a 67 at-bat sample in 2025, hitting .358 and driving in 10 runs. 

Cam Napier

As far as the newcomers go, one name that Frontier fans should be excited about is MIF Josh French. French was one of the biggest takeaways from our scout day with the Bobcats this fall, showing well in virtually every aspect of his workout. He ran one of the day’s fastest 60s (6.59) and was on the barrel through the middle of the field with a level right-handed swing that will hit for more impact as he adds strength. French’s biggest asset is his glove, and it’s where we’d expect him to provide the most impact right away for Frontier. He trusts his hands, can play in rhythm on the move, and also showed the ability to work from different arm angles. It’s especially tough for freshmen to have immediate success in the GRAC, but it would surprise our staff if French isn’t one of the top performers on this team in 2026. 

Josh French

Two other newcomers to know are OF Mayes Gosser and OF/MIF Jordan Carter, both of whom are from Kentucky. Gosser has all the tools to be an impact right-handed hitter, starting with a physical frame that holds easy raw strength, raw bat speed, and ran a 6.96 60 at our event. Carter is another youngster that can really run, profiling at the top-of-a-lineup with his high bat-to-ball skills and 6.53 60 speed.

The depth on this club as a chance to prove itself throughout the spring, too. Freshman OF Korben Lucas brings collegiate physicality into the left-handed batter’s box and is a 6.83 runner. Freshman INF Carson White was consistently on the barrel throughout both of his BP rounds at our scout day and is also a 6.83 runner. R-FR C Kasey Lowe and freshmen C Evan Martinez are two right-handed hitting catchers that can see time behind the plate. R-FR OF Troy Mann is one of the GRAC’s fastest runners, bolting to a 6.43 60 this fall. 

PITCHERS

The Bobcats had one of the top arms in the GRAC last spring in RHP Byler Reither, who pitched to a 2.63 ERA in 82 innings with 101 strikeouts before graduating to continue his collegiate career at NAIA powerhouse Southeastern (FL). Replicating that level of workload and success is certainly not easy, but Frontier does have what appears to be a deeper pitching staff on paper than they did a year ago. 

Starting with their sophomore class, RHP Bailey Collins (Central Michigan) should be one of the top arms on this staff. Holding all sorts of physicality in a 6-foot-3, 235-pound frame, Collins sat in the low-90s in our look this fall and threw three secondaries (SL/CH/CT), with the latter showing as the best of the three. Collins has the potential to be an impact arm in the GRAC this spring if he’s in the strike zone consistently. LHP Seth Harris is a mid-to-upper-80s southpaw committed to Western Illinois that returns after a successful freshman campaign. In 17 appearances, all of them out of the bullpen, Harris struck out 27 batters in 24 ⅔ innings with a 3.65 ERA. 

Bailey Collins

Sophomore RHP Miles Whitesell was a winner from our scout day and could be an arm in line for an increased workload. In our bullpen look, Whitesell’s fastball played at 87-88 mph with true four-seam carry (21 VB/9.7 HB) from a high release. He threw a true gyro slider in the upper-70s and showed a low-spin, straight changeup at 80-82 mph. 

Miles Whitesell

Sophomore RHP Ian Olivier-Beaulieu returns 25 ⅔ innings from a year ago and had a productive fall, pumping carry fastballs in the mid-to-upper-80s. When we saw him, Olivier-Beaulieu spun a low-70s curveball and mid-70s slider that showed similar shape, and he also turned over a low spin splitter (758 RPM) at 76-77 mph. 

LHP Braxton Mathews is another sophomore that’s back, bringing with him 29 ⅔ innings of work from a year ago. He throws a two-seam fastball that showed hard run at 84-85, touching 86 mph, and compliments it with two secondaries; a fading changeup at 78-79 mph and a tight, bullet-like slider (2.3 VB/3.2 HB) at 77-78 mph. 

Braxton Mathews

RHP Chase Loesch sat in the upper-80s, touching 89.6 mph, at our scout day in the fall with power cutter shape. He threw a short slider at 81-82 mph and also spun a bigger, slurvy-type curveball at 76-77 mph. The sophomore right-hander threw 18 innings for Frontier last spring and has the potential to be a quality arm out of the ‘pen. Three other sophomores to know that are all still uncommitted are RHP Kaelin Farr, LHP Nathan Stivers, and LHP Trent Lowery. 

Chase Loesch

Looking at their freshman class, Frontier has two arms that are expected to be immediate impacts in RHP Landon Davis and RHP Ryan Perry:

+ Davis is a lean, lanky athlete that’s capable of continuing to tack on mass throughout his career at the JUCO level. He pitched in the upper-80s at our scout day, though we’ve heard he’s climbed into the low-90s on multiple occasions, and showed the ability to carry his fastball up in the zone at times. He showed feel for an upper-70s changeup with low spin and gradual run, while also spinning two breaking balls; a low-70s curveball with more depth as well as a tighter, sharper mid-70s slider. 

Landon Davis

+ Perry has power arm potential, touching 93 mph with his fastball this fall and pitching in the low-90s. He doesn’t lack any intent or aggression in his delivery, complimenting his fastball with a sharp upper-70s slider that has shown swing-and-miss shape and a developing splitter that plays in the upper-70s to low-80s. 

Ryan Perry

Three other freshmen to know are RHP Caleb Boff, RHP Drake Buffington, and RHP Jonny Lee. Boff pitches in the mid-to-upper-80s with his fastball with feel for both his changeup and breaking ball when we saw him this fall. Buffington toes the rubber at 6-foot-6, 235-pounds with a fastball that played at 86-87 mph at the Dinger JUCO Classic. Lee spun one of the better breaking balls we saw from this staff, ripping a true sweeping slider (3.6 VB/-24.4 HB) with big shape in the low-70s.