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Baseball is strongly supported at all levels from Little League to high school to college to AAA.
Active and retired MLB players came from here or live here. In addition to Summerlin South going to the Little League World Series this year, in recent years Summerlin South also went in 2022, Henderson All-Stars in 2023, and Paseo Verde from Henderson in 2024.
Following excerpts from the Las Vegas Weekly describes the foundation and baseball culture that will support the A's
Ice hockey in Las Vegas was an afterthought at best before the Golden Knights arrived. Eight successful seasons and one Stanley Cup later, Vegas is an enthusiastic hockey town where you see locals wearing VGK gear every day and youth participation in the sport surging.
In this instance, the chicken made way for the egg as Las Vegas rapidly evolved into a professional sports mecca. The next team and game looking for a new beginning in this city will have a much more established foundation on which to build.
But how might our own storied local baseball culture shift with the A’s in town? To find out, the Weekly spoke with three local stalwarts who have played a major role in developing that sports culture ...
Their recollections paint a vivid picture of Vegas’ historic ties to the game, as well as how that legacy will intersect with our Major League future.
With top-shelf professional exports like Maddux and Harper—plus other notable MLB stars like Chicago Cubs curse-breaker and 2016 MVP Kris Bryant, Nevada prep home-run king Joey Gallo and 2012 World Series champion pitcher Barry Zito—Las Vegas has undeniably produced an outsized number of franchise-altering ballplayers.
Today, nine active MLB players hail from Southern Nevada [plus retirees such as Jason Giambi and Jose Canseco], with roughly the same number striving to be called up from the minors. The latest draftee is Tate Southisene, a recent state champion shortstop from Basic Academy who went 22nd overall to the Atlanta Braves this summer.
https://lasvegasweekly.com/news/2025/aug/14/vegas-baseball-culture-ready-for-big-league/
