Tag: LSU Baseball Recruiting

LSU flips coveted Texas A&M pitcher signee

Cooper Williams — a top 75 player nationally — became the second Texas A&M player that LSU flipped Wednesday.

As the downstream effects of Jim Schlossnagle’s departure from Texas A&M for rival Texas continue to take their toll, LSU is the beneficiary from at least one piece of the fallout.

On Wednesday, left-handed pitcher [autotag]Cooper Williams[/autotag] announced that he would be decommitting from Texas and pledging to the Tigers. A 2024 recruit, Williams will join the team for the 2025 season.

It’s a big-time pickup for coach [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] and the staff. The Alvin, Texas, native is the No. 2 lefty in Texas and the No. 73 player overall nationally with a fastball that currently pushes 93 MPH, according to Perfect Game’s scouting report.

Williams was the second former Texas A&M commit LSU landed on Wednesday as it also added 2025 shortstop [autotag]Ethan Clauss[/autotag]. He was not selected in this past weekend’s 2024 MLB draft.

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LSU baseball lands a commitment from top prospect in Nevada

Ethan Clauss is the No. 42 overall player in the 2025 recruiting class.

[autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] landed an elite signing class in 2024 and managed to bring three top-15 prospects to campus. Now, he’s turning his attention to the 2025 class.

On Wednesday, the Tigers landed a commitment from shortstop [autotag]Ethan Clauss[/autotag], the No. 1 player in the state of Nevada and the No. 42 overall prospect nationally.

“I want to give praise to my Lord and Savior for giving me the ability to play the game I love,” Clauss said in a social media post. “I also want to thank all of my coaches, teammates, friends, and most importantly my family for helping me throughout my journey. Finally, I would like to thank (coach Jay Johnson). Geaux Tigers!”

Clauss becomes the 18th member of LSU’s 2025 class, but as we saw this weekend at the 2024 MLB draft, it will be a battle to get him to campus as he will certainly be a draftable prospect next summer.

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LSU baseball commit named National High School Player of the Year

Konnor Griffin may not make it to campus as he’s a possible top-10 pick.

One of the most prolific players in high school baseball this season has added a new honor to his name. [autotag]Konnor Griffin[/autotag] has been named the [autotag]National High School Player of the Year[/autotag] by [autotag]Perfect Game[/autotag].

Griffin is committed to playing for [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] and the LSU Tigers next season but the fact is that he may never make it to the Bayou. Griffin is the No. 9 overall player in the draft according to MLB.com’s prospect rankings for the [autotag]2024 MLB draft[/autotag]. He is the No. 1 prospect in the Prep Rankings.

Griffin had a mind-blowing Senior season at Jackson Prep. The Patriots went 39-4 and won the state championship in their class. Griffin finished the season with a .559 batting average, a .690 on-base percentage, nine homers, 76 runs scored and 87 stolen bases.

As much as I want to see this guy in purple and gold next season, I believe he will be one of the top 10 picks in the 2024 MLB Draft.

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LSU baseball lands commitment from 2025 catcher

Landon Hodge is one of the best baseball players in the 2025 recruiting class.

Whenever LSU baseball coach [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] tweets out a Tiger emoji, something great has happened. This time it was for the commitment of a 2025 catcher from Agua Dulce, California.

[autotag]Landon Hodge[/autotag] is one of the best baseball players in the 2025 recruiting class and on Saturday, he decided to commit to the program that will be defending its National Championship in 2024. The Tigers currently have 18 commitments for the 2025 recruiting class and two of those are catchers. Hodge and Omar Serna are the two catchers in the class.

Last season, the Tigers were led by strong play behind the plate from [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] and [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag]. Both of them fought through injuries and slumps during parts of the season to help the Tigers come out on top in Omaha.

LSU starts the 2024 season on Feb. 16 against VMI at Alex Box Stadium. The Tigers will play VMI and Central Arkansas for the first four games of the year.

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LSU baseball picks up another 2025 commit

Jay Johnson is absolutely cooking in the 2025 recruiting class.

LSU baseball coach [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] is absolutely cooking in the 2025 recruiting class. Johnson recently picked up another prospect in that class as [autotag]Brady Ebel[/autotag] committed to LSU.

Ebel comes from a baseball bloodline as his father, Dino Ebers, is the third base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers. His brother, Trey Ebers, is also a high-profile recruit but he is in the 2026 recruiting class.

Ebel plays multiple positions but he mainly plays shortstop and third base. He can also pitch if that is what the team needs from him. Kind of in the same vein as Gavin Guidry. Perfect Game has Ebel listed as a 10 out of 10 on their grading scale. He has good size at 6-foot-3 and 190 pounds.

Ebel has become the 17th commit of the 2025 recruiting class for LSU so far. He is one of four shortstops that are currently committed to LSU. [autotag]Quentin Young,[/autotag] [autotag]Jack Ruckert[/autotag], and [autotag]Marshall Loque[/autotag] are the other three.

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LSU baseball adds 2025 commit

LSU continues to build its stellar 2025 recruiting class.

[autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] and LSU baseball kept it rolling on the recruiting trail this week.

Outfielder [autotag]William Patrick[/autotag] from Monroe, Louisiana, committed to the Tigers. Patrick is a multisport athlete who also plays wide receiver for the St. Frederick football team.

According to Perfect Game, Patrick is the 15th commit of LSU’s 2025 class.

2025 is shaping up to be another strong class, but it always takes a while to sort out baseball classes with the best players always having an option of turning pro.

But LSU’s figured out how to get some top rated high school talent on campus, convincing [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] to attend school a few years ago and landing pitcher [autotag]Cam Johnson[/autotag] earlier this year.

LSU’s classes always rank among the sports best and Johnson’s continued that trend after arriving in Baton Rouge. The Tigers are currently in the midst of fall ball as they prepare to defend their national title in the spring.

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LSU baseball picks up another commitment for 2025

Jay Johnson picked up a commitment from a familiar face for the 2025 recruiting class.

[autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] picked up a commitment from a familiar face for the 2025 recruiting class. This commitment comes from a catcher who he initially signed as part of his first recruiting class at LSU.

That guy is [autotag]Blaise Priester[/autotag], who was ranked as the No. 1 catcher in Louisiana coming out of high school. He’s from Denham Springs, Louisiana, where he played for Live Oak High School. Priester never played for LSU and he wound up transferring to Meridian Community College.

As a freshman at Meridian last Spring, Priester played in 42 games for the Eagles and had a stellar year. He finished with a .357 batting average with 10 homers, 36 RBI and seven stolen bases. Priester announced on Friday that he would be heading back to LSU to pick up where he left off.

He still has dreams of playing for LSU in Alex Box Stadium and he will live that out in the spring of 2025.

NEW: LSU baseball receives another 2025 commitment

Just two days after landing one of the best infielders in the 2025 recruiting class, LSU has landed another talented 2025 prospect.

Just two days after landing one of the best infielders in the 2025 recruiting class, LSU has landed another talented 2025 prospect. This time it is a right-handed pitcher from Temecula, California.

[autotag]Reagan Ricken[/autotag] is a 6-foot-4, 220-pound right-handed pitcher/outfielder who plays for Great Oak High School. Ricken worked as a reliever for the Great Oak Wolfpack. He appeared in five games and went 1-0 as he struck out eight batters and walked two over six innings of work.

Ricken joins [autotag]Quentin Young[/autotag] as the only two commits of the 2025 recruiting class so far for [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag]. Johnson has signed top ten classes or higher every year since he arrived on the Bayou, including signing the No. 1 class two years ago.

LSU will be looking to defend its national championship last Spring with a great team this year. LSU starts its title defense on February 16, 2024, against VMI at Alex Box Stadium.

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NEW: LSU baseball picks up commitment from elite 2025 infielder

You always know you are in for some great news when you see Jay Johnson post a Tiger emoji.

You always know you are in for some great news when you see [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] post a Tiger emoji. Whenever he does that, he usually has landed a very good prospect.

That is exactly what happened on Tuesday as [autotag]Quentin Young[/autotag] announced his commitment to playing for LSU at the next level. Young is a 6-foot-5, 215-pound infielder from Camarillo, California, where he plays for Oaks Christian. Young is ranked as the No. 8 player in the 2025 recruiting class by Perfect Game.

If you want to be one of the best baseball players in the country, there is no better place to go than LSU. The Tigers are coming off of a national title last spring and they are looking to defend that title with another great team this year.

Johnson has done a great job recruiting since he arrived at LSU. He has had a top 10 recruiting class every year since he has been on the Bayou.

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LSU Baseball recruiting class ranked No. 3 by Baseball America

LSU added 20 newcomers to its 2024 squad in the latest recruiting class.

LSU added 20 newcomers to its 2024 squad in the latest recruiting class. Thirteen of those guys are coming from high school and seven of them are coming via the transfer portal. After the dust settled, Jay Johnson’s recruiting class finished as the No. 3 team in the country according to Baseball America.

LSU picked up two of the best pitchers in the transfer portal in Alabama ace, [autotag]Luke Holman[/autotag] and a UCLA starter who did not play last year, [autotag]Gage Jump[/autotag]. Adding to that, Johnson put on a clinic as far as recruiting in the state of Louisiana. The Tigers signed the top two players in the state, left-handed pitchers [autotag]Jake Brown[/autotag] and [autotag]Kade Anderson[/autotag].

This is shaping up to be another incredible spring at Alex Box Stadium. The Tigers will start their title defense on Friday, February 16, 2024 against VMI. For all of your LSU baseball coverage, LSU Wire has you covered.

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