The scouts perched in the stands at Westlake High baseball games this season were a good indication.

But confirmation of the talent on the field came Thursday when Westlake had two players selected during the first day of Major League Baseball's amateur draft.

Cutter Dykstra followed in his father's professional footsteps by being selected in the second round by the Milwaukee Brewers while his Westlake teammate, Graham Johnson, was taken in the sixth round by the Florida Marlins.

"It's uncommon, but at the same time this whole Conejo Valley is just laden with good athletes," Westlake coach Zach Miller said of having two players from the same school picked. "This year it just happens to be Westlake, but all the schools have talented kids. The Marmonte Leauge is tough for a good reason."

Oxnard High graduate Edwin Quirarte rounded out the area's first-day selections as the San Francisco Giants took the Cal State Northridge junior pitcher in the fifth round with the 147th pick overall. It marked a 34-round improvement from high school, when Quirarte was drafted in the 39th round by the Atlanta Braves in 2005.

"I was a Dodgers fan growing up, but the opportunity to play the sport I love is a dream come true," Quirarte said. "I am just really excited and ready to go play professional baseball right now."

Dykstra, the son of former New York Met and Philadelphia Philly outfielder Lenny, was the 54th selection overall. The 18-year-old shortstop/outfielder batted .473 with 44 hits, 40 runs scored and 18 RBIs for Westlake in 29 games this season.

He demonstrated power at the plate with 14 extra-base hits, including five homers and eight doubles, and a fearless nature on defense by smashing into an outfield fence and breaking his nose during a game last month.

"If it was me picking, I'd take him with the first pick in the first round," Miller said. "There will be a lot of people who think he's being selected just because of his father, but they would be mistaken. This kid works at baseball, seven days a week, and he's going to become a fine major leaguer. He hits, he fields, he has the ability to do it all."

Johnson surfaced on the scouts' radar this season once he started throwing harder. He took the call from the Marlins while listening to the draft on the radio at his house.

"They like tall pitchers, so it wasn't that much of a surprise they picked me," said Johnson, the 178th pick overall. "All the scouts I met and talked with were really nice people and good people and it seemed like they were really happy that they picked me."

Johnson has committed to Fresno State, but is planning to weigh his options after talking with the Marlins.

"We are not 100 percent sure yet what is going to go on," Johnson said. "Hopefully, I go play pro."

At 5-foot-11, 180-pounds, scouts project Dykstra as a second baseman or center fielder.

Dykstra has committed to UCLA, but that was before becoming such a high draft choice.

Lenny wasn't selected until the 13th round of the 1981 draft, then flourished during a 12-year career with the Mets and Phillies from 1985 through 1996.

The outfielder was a three-time All-Star, played in two World Series and twice led the National League in hits.

Today, Lenny is a successful businessman who provides stock tips and the founder of "Players Club" — a magazine designed for pro athletes to help them "keep living the dream."

After his son's selection Thursday, it's likely he added a new subscriber with a familiar address and last name.

"I just wish I had a chance to coach him for a couple more years," Miller said of Cutter.