Stop me if you have heard this before: LSU lands a pitcher from UCLA in the transfer portal. We have seen this story already, and it helped bring the Tigers a national championship.
Thanks, [autotag]Thatcher Hurd[/autotag].
[autotag]Gage Jump[/autotag] is a 6-foot, 200-pound left-handed pitcher from UCLA that missed the 2023 season due to having Tommy John surgery. In 2022, Jump was 1-1 with a 3.86 ERA. He had 22 strikeouts and 11 walks in 16.1 innings.
Coming out of high school in 2021, he was selected in the 18th round of the MLB draft but he opted to go to UCLA instead of signing with the San Diego Padres.
TRANSFER NEWS: @LSUbaseball has landed another commitment out of the transfer portal in former #UCLA LHP Gage Jump, @d1baseball has learned. Jump missed the 2023 season with Tommy John surgery but has huge upside. He will be ready for 2024. #GeauxTigers https://t.co/eTepH8FGTd
— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) July 8, 2023
[autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] was masterful in the transfer portal last offseason as he brought in [autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag], [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] and Hurd. Those three players made a huge difference in the Tigers’ season.
Johnson is already off to a hot start in the portal and he has more stars on the way.
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