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LSU starts off strong with win over Kansas State in the Round Rock Classic

The Tigers continued their perfect start to the season in their opener in Texas on Friday.

[autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag] got his second start of the young season, and we saw the valiant return of [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] as LSU beat Kansas State 7-3 in the first game of the 2023 Round Rock Classic.

The Wildcats started off hot against Skenes as they got runners on second and third with only one out thanks to a leadoff single, a walk, and a flyout to advance the runners. Kansas State then scored on an RBI single to put runners on the corners with one out. The next two batters struck out and Skenes escaped only down 1-0.

The Tigers tied it up in the bottom of the second inning as [autotag]Brady Neal[/autotag] hit an RBI single to score [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] and advance [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] to second. That tied the score at 1-1 after two innings.

The score remained tied until the bottom of the sixth inning when [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] scored on a wild pitch and White advanced to third. Morgan then reached on a fielder’s choice that scored White to make it 3-1 LSU after six innings.

In the top of the seventh inning, the Wildcats clawed their way back into the game with a solo homer off of [autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag] to make it 3-2. In the bottom of the inning, LSU got that run back and more as the Tigers plated four runs to increase their lead to 7-2. [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] hit an RBI single to score [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag], Crews hit an RBI single that scored [autotag]Ben Nippolt[/autotag], and [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] hit a two-RBI double to score Crews and Dugas.

Floyd stayed in to pitch the top of the ninth inning to close out the win over the Wildcats. Kansas State was able to score an unearned run to make the final 7-3. With the win, LSU improves to 5-0 on the year. The Tigers will play the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday at noon CT in Game 2 of the Classic.

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Six Tigers make Perfect Game’s Top 100 Freshmen List

Brady Neal, Chase Shores, Gavin Guidry, Jaden Noot, Jared Jones and Paxton Kling were all honored by Perfect Game heading into the season.

[autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] has signed back-to-back No. 1 recruiting classes as he enters his second season as the skipper on the Bayou. Six current freshmen were recently named to Perfect Game’s Top 100 Freshman list.

A few were selected in the MLB draft but have decided to forgo that selection to go to LSU and try to bring a national championship to the best baseball fans in the country. [autotag]Jaden Noot[/autotag], [autotag]Paxton Kling[/autotag], [autotag]Brady Neal[/autotag], [autotag]Gavin Guidry[/autotag], [autotag]Chase Shores[/autotag] and [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] were all named to the Top 100 list.

Two right-handed pitchers, two catchers, an outfielder, and an infielder. All of whom were ranked very highly in their respective position. The 2023 season starts Feb. 17 against Western Michigan.

Here’s a rundown of each player who made the list.

LSU baseball has the No. 1 recruiting class for the second year in a row

Jay Johnson continues to stockpile talent in Baton Rouge.

For the second year in a row, coach [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] and the LSU Tigers have signed the No. 1 recruiting class. Although the Tigers lost a few of their commitments to the 2022 MLB Draft, there is still a very talented group of freshmen that will be on the field for LSU this spring.

LSU boasts six recruits that are listed by Baseball America as top 500 draft prospects. [autotag]Jaden Noot[/autotag] (No. 71), [autotag]Brady Neal[/autotag] (No. 83), [autotag]Chase Shores[/autotag] (No. 93), [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] (No. 215), [autotag]Aiden Moffett[/autotag] (No. 495) and [autotag]Ethan Frey[/autotag] (No. 499).

Last season, LSU went 40-22 overall and 17-13 in conference play. Their season ended with a loss to Southern Miss in the Hattiesburg Regional.

LSU lost a lot of talented guys from that team last year (to the MLB Draft and the transfer portal) but with this type of recruiting class, it will be a fun Spring at the Box.

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Lucky 13: Every LSU player selected in the 2022 MLB Draft, signing decisions tracker

The Tigers saw 13 players picked this week, seven of which were signees in the 2022 recruiting class.

The 2022 MLB draft has come and gone, and it was both a blessing and a curse for coach [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] and his LSU Tigers squad.

On one hand, four of his players from last year were drafted ([autotag]Jacob Berry[/autotag], [autotag]Cade Doughty[/autotag], [autotag]Eric Reyzelman[/autotag] and [autotag]Paul Gervase[/autotag]), but on the other hand, a lot of his recruits were taken away.

Seven signees and two transfers from the 2022 recruiting class were picked up by MLB squads. Not all of them will sign with the clubs that drafted them, but most will. So, here is a rundown of every draft pick that played for or was committed to LSU this year.

LSU baseball commit Brady Neal reportedly not signing with Brewers, heading to Baton Rouge

Neal was a 17th-round pick in the 2022 MLB draft.

On Tuesday, the Tigers learned that at least one of the drafted commits in their vaunted, No. 1-ranked 2022 recruiting class will make it to campus.

Five-star catcher [autotag]Brady Neal[/autotag], who was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 17th round earlier in the day, will reportedly not sign and will enroll at LSU instead, according to a report from The Advocate’s Leah Vann.

Neal played his high school ball at powerhouse IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. He was one of two Tigers signees Milwaukee took a flyer on late in the draft as it also drafted [autotag]Jaden Noot[/autotag], who is still yet to make a decision regarding his future.

The 2022 MLB draft saw a total of eight LSU signees drafted, and a number of those were high picks who are expected to go pro. But getting Neal — the No. 74 overall prospect entering the draft — to come to campus is a nice win.

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Eighth member of LSU’s No. 1 2022 recruiting class drafted

The Brewers drafted LSU commits with back-to-back picks.

The Milwaukee Brewers looked at LSU’s recruiting class and said, “If *insert name here* is on it, pick them.” In back-to-back rounds, the Brew Crew have gone with a five-star prospect from LSU’s No. 1 recruiting class.

First [autotag]Brady Neal[/autotag], now [autotag]Jaden Noot[/autotag]. Noot is a big 6-foot-4, 235-pound, five-star right-handed pitcher from Oak Park, California. He becomes the eighth member of the class to be drafted and the fifth five-star of the class to be drafted.

Once again, I think it is improbable that Noot or Neal sign with the Brewers, but if you are Milwaukee, why not try and see if you can sign two of the most talented kids in the country?

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LSU catcher recruit Brady Neal drafted by Brewers

Neal is the seventh LSU commit and fifth five-star from the class to be drafted.

Brady Neal, who is one of the most highly regarded prep catchers in the country and was ranked as the No. 74 prospect overall heading into the 2022 MLB Draft, was picked in the 17th round at No. 522 by the Milwaukee Brewers.

At this point in the draft, I believe it is highly unlikely that Neal actually signs with the Brewers, but who knows? Crazier things have happened. He is a five-foot-ten, 180-pound, five-star catcher from Bradenton, Florida where he plays for IMG Academy.

He was one of the eight five-star players in LSU’s No. 1 ranked recruiting class. He is the seventh member of the recruiting class to be picked in the 2022 MLB Draft and the fourth five-star of the class to be selected.

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LSU baseball’s top-10 prospects in the 2022 MLB draft

Here’s your primer on the potential draft picks from LSU.

Sunday is the big day.

For a lot of baseball players across the country, their dreams are going to come true. All the hours of hard work and sacrifice will finally pay off when they hear their names called in the 2022 MLB draft as the first round kicks off at 6 p.m. CT with the second round following later in the night.

LSU finished with the No. 1 recruiting class in 2022, and that is a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that you have an incredible amount of talent coming to your team next season. The curse is that seven of the 10 LSU players on MLB Pipeline’s top 100 prospects list are prep prospects.

The players coming out of high school can choose to say no to the team that drafts them and come to LSU instead, but money talks. A lot of major league teams are willing to overpay for top prep talent.

Every draft pick in the first 10 rounds comes with an assigned value, with the total for a club’s selections equaling what it can spend in those rounds without incurring a penalty. If a player taken in the top 10 rounds doesn’t sign, his pick’s value gets subtracted from his team’s pool.

Clubs near the top of the draft often spend less than the assigned value for those choices and use the savings to offer more money to later selections. So, most teams will spend under value for guys that they are pretty sure will sign with them and use that money to pay more than the slot value to try and convince a prep player to sign instead of going to college.

For live MLB draft updates, stay tuned in to LSU Wire on Sunday. For now, here are the top 10 Tigers players and signees that should hear their names called this week.