2025 Bay Area News Group baseball player of the year: Valley Christian’s Quinten Marsh

SAN JOSE — It’s not uncommon to see high school baseball players excel in pitching and hitting.

But to be elite at both is rare air.

That’s where Valley Christian senior Quinten Marsh sits – in a class of his own as a two-way force.

Playing in one of the Bay Area’s most competitive leagues, Marsh finished his senior year batting .505 with an eye-opening OPS of 1.382. As a pitcher, he struck out 76 in 54 ⅓ innings, allowing 34 hits while finishing with a 1.14 ERA.

Marsh’s...