Southland is a fertile ground for major league players

Here’s a list of key locally produced big leaguers and players on the cusp of making it to the show (as of March 28):

Arizona Diamondbacks

Taijuan Walker, pitcher, Yucaipa HS

Atlanta Braves

Chase d’Arnaud, shortstop, Pepperdine

Rio Ruiz, third base, Bishop Amat HS

Baltimore Orioles

Chris Tillman, pitcher, Fountain Valley HS

Boston Red Sox

Joe Kelly, pitcher, UC Riverside Henry Owens, pitcher, Huntington Beach Edison HS Noe Ramirez, pitcher, CS Fullerton

Chicago Cubs

Mike Montgomery, pitcher, Newhall Hart HS

Chicago White Sox

Matt Davidson, third base, Yucaipa HS Lucas Giolito, pitcher, Harvard-Westlake HS Miguel Gonzalez, pitcher, San Fernando HS James Shields, pitcher, Newhall Hart HS

Cincinnati Reds

Michael Lorenzen, pitcher, CS Fullerton

Cleveland Indians

Trevor Bauer, pitcher, UCLA Adam Plutko, pitcher, UCLA

Colorado Rockies

Tyler Chatwood, pitcher, Redlands East Valley HS Dustin Garneau, catcher, CS Fullerton Chad Qualls, pitcher, Narbonne HS Pat Valaika, third base, UCLA

Detroit Tigers

Brendan Ryan, shortstop, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame HS

Houston Astros

Chris Devenski, pitcher, CS Fullerton Jake Marsnick, outfielder, Riverside Poly

Kansas City Royals

Christian Colon, second base, CS Fullerton Ian Kennedy, pitcher, USC Mike Moustakas, third base, Chatsworth HS Jason Vargas, pitcher, Long Beach State

Angels

Jesse Chavez, pitcher, Fontana A.B. Miller HS Danny Espinosa, second base, Long Beach State Greg Mahle, pitcher, UC Santa Barbara Bud Norris, pitcher, Cal Poly Tyler Skaggs, pitcher, Santa Monica HS

Dodgers

Austin Barnes, catcher, Riverside Poly HS Josh Ravin, pitcher, Chatsworth HS Trayce Thompson, outfielder,