With the opening of the baseball season, we take a look at many of the current, recent and potentially future major league players with local connections and where they are entering the 2018 campaign ...
Anderson, 28, could be poised to take a giant step forward in his third season as a member of the Rockies’ starting rotation. The Ducks' career strikeouts leader can fool hitters at the highest level, too, as evidenced by his 180 strikeouts in his first 200 big-league innings. The 2011 first-round pick enters 2018 as Colorado’s No. 2 starter and will take the ball Friday at Arizona.