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2025 LSU Tigers baseball
Friso College Baseball Classic champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
D1Baseball.comNo. 7
Record35–8 (13–6 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Josh Jordan (4th season)
  • Josh Simpson (4th season)
Hitting coachMarc Wanaka (4th season)
Pitching coachNate Yeskie (2nd season)
Home stadiumAlex Box Stadium
Seasons
← 2024
2026 →
2025 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Texas  ‍‍‍ 18 – 2   .900 36 – 5   .878
No. 5 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 14 – 6   .700 37 – 8   .822
No. 6 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 13 – 7   .650 35 – 8   .814
No. 7 LSU  ‍‍‍ 13 – 7   .650 35 – 9   .795
No. 23 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 12 – 8   .600 31 – 12   .721
No. 18 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9   .571 35 – 10   .778
No. 10 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9   .571 35 – 11   .761
No. 9 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 11 – 9   .550 30 – 13   .698
No. 14 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10   .524 30 – 13   .698
No. 11 Auburn  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500 29 – 14   .674
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 9 – 11   .450 24 – 16   .600
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 8 – 12   .400 24 – 18   .571
Florida  ‍‍‍ 7 – 13   .350 29 – 16   .644
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 13   .350 25 – 17   .595
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 5 – 15   .250 25 – 19   .568
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 0 – 21   .000 13 – 30   .302
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of April 26, 2025[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 LSU Tigers baseball team represents Louisiana State University during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers play their home games at Alex Box Stadium.

Previous season

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Main article: 2024 LSU Tigers baseball team

LSU entered the 2024 season as the defending national champions.

Preseason

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Preseason SEC awards and honors

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Preseason awards will be announced in January or February 2025.

Preseason All-SEC Team
Player No. Position Team Class
Jared Jones 22 1B First Junior
Kade Anderson 32 SP First Sophomore
Gavin Guidry 8 RP First Junior
Daniel Dickinson 14 2B Second Junior
  • SEC Preseason Freshman of the Year: Derek Curiel, UTL[2]

SEC coaches poll

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The SEC Coaches poll was released on February 2, 2025. LSU was predicted to finish fourth in the SEC.[3]

SEC coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Texas A&M 228 (10)
2 Tennessee 215 (1)
3 Arkansas 214 (3)
4 LSU 204 (1)
5 Florida 183 (1)
6 Georgia 165
7 Vanderbilt 156
8 Texas 146
9 Mississippi State 112
10 Kentucky 102
11 Oklahoma 101
12 Auburn 100
13 Alabama 98
14 South Carolina 61
15 Ole Miss 60
16 Missouri 31

Personnel

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Starters

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Lineup
Pos. No. Player. Year
C 23 Luis Hernandez Senior
1B 22 Jared Jones Junior
2B 14 Daniel Dickinson Junior
3B 10 Michael Braswell III Senior
SS 4 Steven Milam Sophomore
LF 6 Derek Curiel Freshman
CF 1 Chris Stanfield Junior
RF 7 Jake Brown Sophomore
DH 11 Josh Pearson Senior
Weekend Pitching Rotation
Day No. Player. Year
Friday 25 Kade Anderson RS Junior
Saturday 24 Anthony Eyanson Junior
Sunday 34 Chase Shores RS Sophomore
Midweek 55 Conner Ware Junior

Roster

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2025 LSU Tigers baseball roster[4]
 

Pitchers

  • 8 - Gavin Guidry - Junior
  • 9 - William Schmidt - Freshman
  • 24 - Anthony Eyanson - Junior
  • 25 - Kade Woods - Redshirt Junior
  • 26 - Zac Cowan - Junior
  • 27 - Jaden Noot - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 29 - Cooper Williams - Freshman
  • 32 - Kade Anderson - Sophomore
  • 34 - Chase Shores - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 35 - Jacob Mayers - Junior
  • 40 - Chandler Dorsey - Junior
  • 41 - DJ Primeaux - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 43 - Connor Benge - Junior
  • 45 - Deven Sheerin - Sophomore
  • 48 - Mavrick Rizy - Freshman
  • 52 - Grant Fontenot - Redshirt Junior
  • 55 - Conner Ware - Junior
  

Catchers

  • 0 - Cade Arrambide - Freshman
  • 28 - Blaise Priester - Redshirt Junior
  • 30 - Edward Yamin IV - Junior

Infielders

  • 4 - Steven Milam - Sophomore
  • 5 - Tanner Reaves - Redshirt Junior
  • 10 - Michael Braswell III - Senior
  • 14 - Daniel Dickinson - Junior
  • 17 - Mikey Ryan - Freshman
  • 18 - David Hogg II - Freshman
  

Outfielders

  • 1 - Chris Stanfield - Junior
  • 6 - Derek Curiel - Freshman
  • 11 - Josh Pearson - Senior
  • 13 - Mic Paul - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 16 - Ethan Frey - Junior
  • 22 - Jared Jones - Junior
  • 38 - Ryan Costello - Freshman
  • 44 - Ashton Larson - Sophomore
  • 47 - John Pearson - Freshman

Utility

  • 7 - Jake Brown - Sophomore
  • 20 - Casan Evans - Freshman
  • 23 - Luis Hernandez - Senior
  • 33 - Dalton Beck - Senior
  • 51 - Dylan Thompson - Redshirt Freshman
  

Coaching staff

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2025 LSU Tigers baseball coaching staff
Name Position Seasons at
LSU		 Alma Mater
Jay Johnson Head coach 4 Point Loma Nazarene University (2001)
Josh Jordan Assistant coach 3 Catawba College (2003)
Josh Simpson Assistant coach 4 Northwestern Oklahoma State University (2003)
Marc Wanaka Hitting coach 4 Bronte International University (2008)
Nate Yeskie Pitching coach 2 University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2003)

Offseason

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Departures

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Offseason Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Ben Nippolt 5 INF 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 Sr. St. Paul, Minnesota
Alex Milazzo 7 C 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 190 Gr. Zachary, Louisiana
Hayden Travinski 8 C/1B 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 228 Gr. Shreveport, Louisiana
Mac Bingham 9 OF 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 182 Sr. San Diego, California
Will Hellmers 48 RHP 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 213 Sr. Metairie, Louisiana
Javen Coleman 49 LHP 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 RS-Jr. Richmond, Texas
Jack Merrifield 53 INF 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 5th Year-Sr. Prairieville, Louisiana

Outgoing transfers

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Outgoing Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Hometown Year New school Source
Aiden Moffett 0 RHP 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 221 Mount Olive, Mississippi So. Texas
Nic Bronzini 14 LHP 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 256 San Ramon, California RS-Fr. Washington
Brady Neal 16 C 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 193 Tallahassee, Florida So. Alabama
Samuel Dutton 17 RHP 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 200 Southside, Alabama Jr. Auburn
Ryan Kucherak 20 INF 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 186 Chandler, Arizona Fr. Northwestern
Austen Roellig 24 INF 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 Rancho Cucamonga, California Fr. Utah
Paxton Kling 28 OF 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 203 Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania So. Penn State
Micah Bucknam 29 RHP 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 214 Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada So. Dallas Baptist
Zeb Ruddell 39 OF 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 187 Monroe, Louisiana RS-Fr. Louisiana Tech
Derrick Mitchell 43 OF 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 203 Plano, Texas Fr. Austin Peay
Cam Johnson 55 LHP 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 251 Upper Marlboro, Maryland Fr. Oklahoma

2024 MLB Draft

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Main article: 2024 Major League Baseball draft
2024 LSU Draft Class
Round Pick Overall Pick Player Position MLB Team Source
2 1 40 Tommy White 3B Oakland Athletics
CB-B 6 71 Luke Holman RHP Cincinnati Reds
CB-B 8 73 Gage Jump LHP Oakland Athletics
3 15 89 Thatcher Hurd RHP New York Yankees
6 16 181 Griffin Herring LHP New York Yankees
7 3 198 Fidel Ulloa RHP Kansas City Royals
10 2 287 Nate Ackenhausen LHP Kansas City Royals
11 18 333 Christian Little RHP Seattle Mariners
13 3 378 Justin Loer LHP Colorado Rockies [5]

Acquisitions

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Incoming transfers

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Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Hometown Year Previous school Source
Chris Stanfield 1 OF 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 Tallahassee, Florida Jr. Auburn
Daniel Dickinson 14 INF 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 Richland, Washington Jr. Utah Valley
Luis Hernandez 23 U 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 Gurabo, Puerto Rico Sr. Indiana State
Anthony Eyanson 24 RHP 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 208 Lakewood, California Jr. UC San Diego
Zac Cowan 26 RHP 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 203 Blythewood, South Carolina Jr. Wofford
Blaise Priester 28 C 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 220 Denham Springs, Louisiana RS-Jr. Meridian CC
Edward Yamin IV 30 C/1B 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 207 West Sand Lake, New York Jr. Dayton
Dalton Beck 33 OF/1B/LHP 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 Frisco, Texas Sr. Incarnate Word
Jacob Mayers 35 RHP 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 Gonzales, Louisiana Jr. Nicholls
Chandler Dorsey 40 RHP 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 231 Lakeland, Florida Jr. South Florida
Connor Benge 43 RHP 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 194 Montgomery, Texas Jr. Dallas Baptist
Deven Sheerin 45 RHP 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 245 Reading, Pennsylvania So. Mount St. Mary's
Grant Fontenot 52 RHP 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 225 Lafayette, Louisiana RS-Jr. Texas
Conner Ware 55 LHP 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 221 Madison, Mississippi Jr. Pearl River CC

Incoming recruits

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2024 LSU Recruits
Name Number B/T Pos. Height Weight Hometown High School Source
Cade Arrambide 0 R/R C 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 204 Tomball, Texas Tomball
Derek Curiel 6 L/L OF 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 182 West Covina, California Orange Lutheran
William Schmidt 9 R/R RHP 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 188 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Catholic
Mikey Ryan 17 R/R INF 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 Luling, Louisiana Archbishop Rummel
David Hogg II 18 S/R INF 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 Mansfield, Texas Mansfield
Casan Evans 20 R/R RHP/U 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 194 Houston, Texas St. Pius X
Cooper Williams 29 L/L LHP 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 Alvin, Texas Alvin
Ryan Costello 38 L/L 1B 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 203 Howell, New Jersey Ranney School
John Pearson 47 R/R OF/3B 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 248 West Monroe, Louisiana West Monroe
Mavrick Rizy 48 R/R RHP 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 253 Fiskdale, Massachusetts Worcester Academy

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Game log

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2025 LSU Tigers Baseball Game Log (35–8)
Regular Season (35–8)
April (9–5)
Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall SEC Source
April 1 SECN+ Louisiana Tech* No. 7 Alex Box Stadium W 12–3 Schmidt (4–0) Nation (1–2) None 10,484 27–3 — Report
April 3 ESPN2 at No. 10 Oklahoma No. 7 L. Dale Mitchell Park
Norman, OK		 W 2–0 Anderson (6–0) K. Witherspoon (5–2) None 3,107 28–3 8–2 Report
April 4 SECN+ at No. 10 Oklahoma No. 7 L. Dale Mitchell Park W 10–2 Eyanson (5–0) Crossland (1–2) Evans (6) 3,258 29–3 9–2 Report
April 5 SECN+ at No. 10 Oklahoma No. 7 L. Dale Mitchell Park W 3–2 Shores (5–1) M. Witherspoon (2–3) Cowan (4) 2,723 30–3 10–2 Report
April 8 ESPN+ at Nicholls* No. 3 Ray Didier Field
Thibodaux, LA		 W 5–3 Schmidt (5–0) Poirrier (0–1) None 1,550 31–3 —
April 11 SECN+ at No. 11 Auburn No. 3 Plainsman Park
Auburn, AL		 L 4–8 Dutton (5–2) Anderson (6–1) None 6,756 31–4 10–3
April 12 SECN+ at No. 11 Auburn No. 3 Plainsman Park L 2–4 Fisher (1–0) Eyanson (5–1) Hetzler (4) 7,231 31–5 10–4
April 13 SECN+ at No. 11 Auburn No. 3 Plainsman Park L 2–3 Graves (3–1) Shores (5–2) Watts (1) 5,132 31–6 10–5
April 15 SECN+ McNeese* No. 9 Alex Box Stadium W 10–3 Schmidt (6–0) Parker (1–1) None 10,756 32–6 —
April 17 SECN+ No. 15 Alabama No. 9 Alex Box Stadium W 11–6 Evans (2–0) Blackwood (2–1) Cowan (5) 11,654 33–6 11–5
April 18 SECN+ No. 15 Alabama No. 9 Alex Box Stadium W 4–3 Eyanson (6–1) Quick (5–2) Cowan (6) 12,278 34–6 12–5
April 19 SECN No. 15 Alabama No. 9 Alex Box Stadium L 4–7 Adams (5–2) Ware (4–1) Ozmer (13) 11,833 34–7 12–6
April 22 SECN+ Northwestern State* No. 7 Alex Box Stadium L 3–137 Leonard (3–2) Williams (0–1) None 10,634 34–8 —
April 25 SECN+ No. 6 Tennessee No. 7 Alex Box Stadium W 6–3 Mayers (1–0) Snead (3–1) None 12,919 35–8 13–6
April 26 ESPNU No. 6 Tennessee No. 7 Alex Box Stadium
April 27 SECN No. 6 Tennessee No. 7 Alex Box Stadium
April 29 SECN+ Southeastern Louisiana* Alex Box Stadium —
Postseason (0–0)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled
Bold =LSU team member   * Non-conference game
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.[7]

Record vs. conference opponents

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Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2025 SEC baseball records

Source: 2025 SEC baseball game results, 2025 SEC baseball schedule

Tm W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZ OKL OMS SCA TEN TEX TAM VAN Tm SR SW
ALA 9–9 . 1–2 5/17 5/11 . 1–2 1–2 4/27 2–1 . . 1–2 . 3–0 5/4 ALA 2–4 1–0
ARK 13–5 . . 4/27 1–2 . 5/11 . 3–0 . 2–1 3–0 5/17 5/4 1–2 3–0 ARK 4–2 3–0
AUB 9–9 2–1 . . 0–3 2–1 3–0 4/27 . . 5/17 5/11 5/4 0–3 . 2–1 AUB 4–2 1–2
FLA 6–12 5/17 4/27 . 0–3 . . 2–1 3–0 . 1–2 5/4 0–3 5/11 . 0–3 FLA 2–4 1–3
UGA 10–8 5/11 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 . . 5/4 4/27 . . . 0–3 5/17 0–3 UGA 4–2 2–2
KEN 8–10 . . 1–2 . 1–2 . 5/4 . 5/11 1–2 4/27 2–1 1–2 2–1 5/17 KEN 2–4 0–0
LSU 12–6 2–1 5/11 0–3 . . . 3–0 3–0 3–0 . 5/17 4/27 1–2 5/4 . LSU 4–2 3–1
MSU 6–12 2–1 . 4/27 1–2 . 5/4 0–3 5/17 1–2 5/11 2–1 . 0–3 . . MSU 2–4 0–2
MIZ 0–18 4/27 0–3 . 0–3 5/4 . 0–3 5/17 0–3 0–3 . . 0–3 5/11 . MIZ 0–6 0–6
OKL 10–8 1–2 . . . 4/27 5/11 0–3 2–1 3–0 5/4 2–1 . 5/17 . 2–1 OKL 4–2 1–1
OMS 10–8 . 1–2 5/17 2–1 . 2–1 . 5/11 3–0 5/4 1–2 1–2 . . 4/27 OMS 3–3 1–0
SCA 4–14 . 0–3 5/11 5/4 . 4/27 5/17 1–2 . 1–2 2–1 0–3 . 0–3 . SCA 1–5 0–3
TEN 12–6 2–1 5/17 5/4 3–0 . 1–2 4/27 . . . 2–1 3–0 . 1–2 5/11 TEN 4–2 2–0
TEX 16–2 . 5/4 3–0 5/11 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 5/17 . . . 4/27 . TEX 6–0 4–0
TAM 8–10 0–3 2–1 . . 5/17 1–2 5/4 . 5/11 . . 3–0 2–1 4/27 0–3 TAM 3–3 1–2
VAN 11–7 5/4 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0 5/17 . . . 1–2 4/27 . 5/11 . 3–0 VAN 3–3 3–1
Tm W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZ OKL OMS SCA TEN TEX TAM VAN Team SR SW

Updated for all games through April 20, 2025.

Rankings

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Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[8]33*32 (3)2 (3)266375
Baseball America[9]22322255385
NCBWA†[10]43342255385
D1Baseball[11]33211287397
Perfect Game[12]222222774103

† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

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  1. ^ "2025 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  2. ^ Rogers, Kendall (January 30, 2025). "2025 SEC baseball preview: Texas A&M takes home two preseason awards". NCAA.com. D1Baseball.com. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  3. ^ "2025 SEC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll, Preseason All-SEC Team Announced". secsports.com. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
  4. ^ "2025 Baseball Roster". LSU Tigers. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  5. ^ "Justin Loer Selected in the 13th Round by the Colorado Rockies". lsusports.net. July 16, 2024. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  6. ^ Brune, Matthew (August 28, 2024). "LSU baseball releases fall roster with 2024 signing class". On3.com. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  7. ^ "2025 Baseball Schedule". lsusports.net. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  8. ^ "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  9. ^ "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  10. ^ "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  11. ^ "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  12. ^ "Rankings | Perfect Game USA". perfectgame.org. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
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