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Jay Johnson confirms top LSU baseball transfer pitcher addition suffered torn ACL

The Tigers could be without one of their top offseason additions for the 2025 season.

The LSU baseball team is still several months from the beginning of the 2025 season, but when the spring rolls around, it could be without one of its top offseason additions.

Transfer pitcher [autotag]Deven Sheerin[/autotag] has suffered a torn ACL, according to coach Jay Johnson. The injury is not new, as Johnson said it occurred during the summer, but it casts doubt on his availability for the 2025 season. Johnson said there currently is not a timetable for his return.

It’s a major loss for an LSU pitching staff that lost quite a few pieces from last season including starters [autotag]Gage Jump[/autotag], [autotag]Luke Holman[/autotag] and [autotag]Thatcher Hurd[/autotag] as well as top bullpen arm [autotag]Griffin Herring[/autotag].

Sheerin, a native of Reading, Pennsylvania, earned MAAC Rookie of the Year and First Team All-MAAC honors as a freshman at Mount St. Mary in 2024. He finished the season with a 4.76 ERA and 6-5 record while striking out 109 batters compared to just 32 walks.

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If Sheerin is not able to go by the start of the season, the Tigers will have to lean on other arms in a talented transfer pitcher class that also includes [autotag]Anthony Eyanson[/autotag], [autotag]Jacob Mayers[/autotag], [autotag]Chandler Dorsey[/autotag] and [autotag]Zac Cowan[/autotag].

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9 LSU baseball transfers make Baseball America top 100

Jay Johnson has been recruiting at an incredibly high level since stepping foot on the Bayou.

[autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] has been recruiting at an incredibly high level since stepping foot on the Bayou. He has had a top-five recruiting class every season and that is just the high school recruits.

With the new landscape of college baseball, you have to be able to re-tool your team with some of the best transfer players in the country. Johnson did just that this year as he has signed nine of the top 100 collegiate transfers according to Baseball America.

[autotag]Daniel Dickinson[/autotag] appears at No. 2 on the list. He is an infielder who played at Utah Valley where he was a star for the last two seasons. [autotag]Anthony Eyanson[/autotag] comes in at No. 4 on the list. Eyanson is a right-handed pitcher who transfers to LSU after spending time at UCSD. [autotag]Deven Sheerin[/autotag] is a right-handed pitcher from Mount St. Mary’s who comes in at No. 8 on the list.

[autotag]Jacob Mayers[/autotag] is a right-handed pitcher who comes in at No. 17 on the list, [autotag]Chandler Dorsey[/autotag] is a right-handed pitcher who comes in at No. 22 on the list, [autotag]Zac Cowan[/autotag] is a right-handed pitcher who comes in right behind him at No. 23, [autotag]Luis Hernandez[/autotag] is a utility player who comes in at No. 32 on the list, outfielder/left-handed pitcher [autotag]Dalton Beck[/autotag] is No. 34 on the list and outfielder [autotag]Chris Stanfield[/autotag] is at No. 79.

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LSU baseball adds to strong pitching transfer class with Nicholls star Jacob Mayers

The Tigers added to their talented transfer pitching haul on Sunday with an in-state star.

The LSU baseball team has been on fire in the transfer portal since the end of the season, and that trend continued on Sunday.

The Tigers received a commitment from Nicholls right-handed pitcher [autotag]Jacob Mayers[/autotag], a 6-foot-5, 205-pounder who was named to the ABCA All-South Region Second Team as a sophomore in 2024. Mayer is from Gonzales, Louisiana, and has made 33 appearances with 31 starts over the last two seasons.

He has a 14-2 career record and turned in an impressive 2.02 ERA with 105 strikeouts and 58 walks in 75.2 innings as a true freshman in 2023 when he was named the National Freshman Pitcher of the Year. His numbers regressed a bit in 2024, as he finished with a 4.58 ERA and walked 76 batters, though he also struck out 106.

LSU saw quite a few arms depart via the transfer portal this offseason, but it has replenished the pitching staff with several of the nation’s top transfers. The Tigers land a potential starter in Mayers and hope he can return to his true freshman form.

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LSU Tigers flood the LSWA awards list

LSU has nine on the list and won four out of five major awards.

The Louisiana Sports Writer Association has released its All-Louisiana teams and the winner of the season accolades. LSU has nine on the list and won four out of five major awards.

The only major award LSU didn’t win was Freshman of the Year. That title went to Jacob Mayers from Nicholls State. Mayers had a 9-1 record with a 1.93 ERA and 97 strikeouts.

LSU had four players earn First-Team honors ([autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag], [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag], [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] and [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag]), three earned Second-Team honors ([autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag], [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] and [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag]), and two earned honorable mention ([autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] and [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag]).

Crews won Hitter of the Year, Skenes won Pitcher of the Year, White won Newcomer of the Year and [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] won Coach of the Year.