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2025 LSU Tigers baseball team

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2025 LSU Tigers baseball
Frisco College Baseball Classic champions
Baton Rouge Regional champions
Baton Rouge Super Regional champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
D1Baseball.comNo. 3
Record53–15 (19–11 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. 17 Texas ‍‍‍y 22 8   .733 44 14   .759
No. 3 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 20 10   .667 50 15   .769
No. 1 LSU ‍‍‍y 19 11   .633 53 15   .779
No. 18 Vanderbilt ‍‍y 19 11   .633 43 18   .705
No. 19 Georgia ‍‍‍y 18 12   .600 43 17   .717
No. 11 Auburn ‍‍‍y 17 13   .567 41 20   .672
No. 21 Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 16 14   .533 43 21   .672
No. 12 Tennessee ‍‍‍y 16 14   .533 46 19   .708
Alabama ‍‍‍y 16 14   .533 41 18   .695
Florida ‍‍‍y 15 15   .500 39 22   .639
Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 15 15   .500 36 23   .610
Oklahoma ‍‍‍y 14 16   .467 38 22   .633
Kentucky ‍‍‍y 13 17   .433 31 26   .544
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 11 19   .367 30 26   .536
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 6 24   .200 28 29   .491
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 3 27   .100 16 39   .291
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 22, 2025[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium. The Tigers won their eighth overall national championship and their 2nd in 3 years.[2]

Preseason

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Preseason SEC awards and honors

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Preseason awards were 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[3]

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.[4]

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[5]
 

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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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 [6]

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 (52–15)
Regular Season (42–13)
Postseason (10–2)
Men's College World Series (5–0)
Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall NCAA Record Source
June 14 ESPN (3) No. 6 Arkansas (6) No. 3 Charles Schwab Field
Omaha, NE
W 4–1 Anderson (11–1) Root (8–6) Evans (7) 25,464 49–15 6–1
June 16 ESPN (15) No. 13 UCLA (6) No. 3 Charles Schwab Field W 9–5 Evans (5–1) Stump (6–2) Shores (1) 24,623 50–15 7–1
June 18 ESPN (3) No. 6 Arkansas (6) No. 3 Charles Schwab Field W 6–5 Mayers (2–0) Gibler (3–2) None 25,740 51–15 8–1
June 21 ESPN (13) No. 11 Coastal Carolina (6) No. 3 Charles Schwab Field W 1–0 Anderson (12–1) Flukey (8–2) None 25,761 52–15 9–1
June 22 ABC (13) No. 11 Coastal Carolina (6) No. 3 Charles Schwab Field W 5– 3 Eyanson (12–2) Morrison (12–1) Shores (2) 24,734 53–15 10–1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled
Bold = LSU team member   
* Non-conference game
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
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Record vs. conference opponents

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Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

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 16–14 . 1–2 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 . . 1–2 . 3–0 1–2 ALA 4–6 2–0
ARK 20–10 . . 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 . 3–0 . 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 ARK 6–4 4–0
AUB 17–13 2–1 . . 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 . . 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–3 . 2–1 AUB 7–3 2–2
FLA 15–15 2–1 2–1 . 0–3 . . 2–1 3–0 . 1–2 3–0 0–3 2–1 . 0–3 FLA 6–4 2–3
UGA 18–12 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 . . 3–0 2–1 . . . 0–3 2–1 0–3 UGA 7–3 3–2
KEN 13–17 . . 1–2 . 1–2 . 0–3 . 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 KEN 4–6 1–2
LSU 19–11 2–1 2–1 0–3 . . . 3–0 3–0 3–0 . 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 . LSU 7–3 3–1
MSU 15–15 2–1 . 1–2 1–2 . 3–0 0–3 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 . 0–3 . . MSU 5–5 2–2
MIZ 3–27 0–3 0–3 . 0–3 0–3 . 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 . . 0–3 3–0 . MIZ 1–9 1–9
OKL 14–16 1–2 . . . 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 . 1–2 . 2–1 OKL 5–5 1–2
OMS 16–14 . 1–2 2–1 2–1 . 2–1 . 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 . . 2–1 OMS 5–5 1–0
SCA 6–24 . 0–3 0–3 0–3 . 1–2 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 2–1 0–3 . 0–3 . SCA 1–9 0–5
TEN 16–14 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 . 1–2 1–2 . . . 2–1 3–0 . 1–2 1–2 TEN 4–6 2–0
TEX 22–8 . 0–3 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 . . . 3–0 . TEX 8–2 5–1
TAM 11–19 0–3 2–1 . . 1–2 1–2 2–1 . 0–3 . . 3–0 2–1 0–3 0–3 TAM 4–6 1–4
VAN 19–11 2–1 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 . . . 1–2 1–2 . 2–1 . 3–0 VAN 6–4 4–1
Tm W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZ OKL OMS SCA TEN TEX TAM VAN Team SR SW

Updated for entire regular season.
Tie brkrs: LSU>VAN ARK common, OMS>TEN & OMS>ALA VAN common, TEN>ALA hd to hd, FLA>MSU hd to hd.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[9]33*32 (3)2 (3)266375241 (19)1 (22)3 (9)
Baseball America[10]2232225538526111*
NCBWA[11]4334225538543111
D1Baseball[12]3321128739723113
Perfect Game[13]22222277410324111*

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 June 22, 2025.
  2. ^ Leuzzi, John - LSU vs Coastal Carolina baseball score: Tigers win 8th College World Series title. USA Today, June 22, 2025
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "2025 SEC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll, Preseason All-SEC Team Announced". secsports.com. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
  5. ^ "2025 Baseball Roster". LSU Tigers. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  6. ^ "Justin Loer Selected in the 13th Round by the Colorado Rockies". lsusports.net. July 16, 2024. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  7. ^ Brune, Matthew (August 28, 2024). "LSU baseball releases fall roster with 2024 signing class". On3.com. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  8. ^ "2025 Baseball Schedule". lsusports.net. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  9. ^ "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  10. ^ "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  11. ^ "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  12. ^ "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  13. ^ "Rankings | Perfect Game USA". perfectgame.org. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
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