Baseball: Southland players remain hot prospects in Round 4

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Chase D’Arnaud, Pepperdine’s shortstop by way of Los Alamitos High, has been selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates with pick No. 114 Thursday in Round 4 of the Major League Baseball first-year player draft.

UCLA infielder Brandon Crawford was selected by the San Francisco Giants with pick No. 117, and right-handed pitcher Scott Gorgen from UC Irvine was taken at No. 125 by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Norco product Josh Romanski, a left-handed pitcher for the University of San Diego, was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers with the 128th pick, and another right-hander, David Roberts of Long Beach State was the 141st pick of the draft by the Cleveland Indians.

If I’ve missed any of our local players who have been drafted out of college, let me know!

-- Bob Rohwer