Max Fried and Corbin Burnes among six pitchers from California taking the mound.
With Opening Day of the 2023 MLB season set for Thursday, we look back at where all of the starting pitchers went to high school. California has bragging rights this season as six of the 30 projected starters finished their high school career playing in the Golden State.
Two of them will face off as Logan Webb of the San Francisco Giants will take on Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees. Corbin Burnes, Max Fried, Shane Bieber and Hunter Greene round out of the rest of the Golden State.
Florida comes in second with five including former Cy Young Award winners Jacob deGrom and Zack Greinke.
In total, 11 states are represented along with the Dominican Republic, Japan, Mexico and Venezuela.
California – 6 Starting pitcher, MLB team, high schoolShane Bieber, Guardians,
Laguna Hills
Florida – 5
Miles Mikolas, Cardinals,
Jupiter
New York – 2
Patrick Corbin, Nationals,
Cicero-North Syracuse (Cicero)Marcus Stroman, Cubs,
Patchogue-Medford (Medford)Texas – 2
Corey Kluber, Red Sox,
CoppellKyle Muller, Athletics,
Dallas Jesuit (Dallas)Georgia – 1
Dylan Cease, White Sox,
MiltonIndiana – 1
Kyle Gibson, Orioles,
Greenfield-Central (Greenfield)Iowa – 1
Mitch Keller, Pirates,
Xavier (Cedar Rapids)Louisiana – 1
Aaron Nola, Phillies,
Catholic-B.R. (Baton Rouge)
Missouri – 1
Max Scherzer, Mets,
Parkway Central (Chesterfield)New Jersey – 1
Zac Gallen, Diamondbacks,
Bishop Eustace Prep (Pennsauken)Washington – 1Blake Snell, Padres,
Shorewood (Shoreline)Dominican Republic – 3
Sandy Alcantara, Marlins
Luis Castillo, Mariners
Framber Valdez, Astros
Venezuela – 3
Pablo Lopez, Twins
German Marquez, Rockies
Eduardo Rodriguez, Tigers
Japan – 1Shohei Ohtani, Angels
Mexico – 1Julio Urias, Dodgers
