2025 LSU Tigers baseball team

2025 LSU Tigers baseball
2025 LSU Tigers baseball
Friso College Baseball Classic champions
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
D1Baseball.com	No. 1
Record	11–1 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach	Jay Johnson (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Josh Jordan (4th season); Josh Simpson (4th season);
Hitting coach	Marc Wanaka (4th season)
Pitching coach	Nate Yeskie (2nd season)
Home stadium	Alex Box Stadium
	Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

2025 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 23 Alabama ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	12	–	0	1.000
No. 13 Oklahoma ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	11	–	0	1.000
No. 2 Tennessee ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	11	–	0	1.000
No. 5 Georgia ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	13	–	1	.929
No. 7 Florida ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	11	–	1	.917
No. 3 Arkansas ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	10	–	1	.909
No. 22 Auburn ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	10	–	1	.909
No. 1 LSU ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	10	–	1	.909
No. 17 Ole Miss ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	10	–	1	.909
Kentucky ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	9	–	1	.900
No. 12 Texas ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	9	–	1	.900
South Carolina ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
No. 18 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	9	–	3	.750
Mississippi State ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	7	–	4	.636
No. 14 Texas A&M ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	5	–	4	.556
Missouri ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	6	–	6	.500

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of March 2, 2025^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 LSU Tigers baseball team represents Louisiana State University during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers play their home games at Alex Box Stadium.

Previous season

LSU entered the 2024 season as the defending national champions.

Preseason

Preseason SEC awards and honors

Preseason awards will be announced in January or February 2025.

Player	No.	Position	Team	Class
Preseason All-SEC Team
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^[2]

SEC coaches poll

The SEC Coaches poll was released on February 2, 2025. LSU was predicted to finish fourth in the SEC.^[3]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
SEC coaches poll
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

Starters

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

Coaching staff

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

Departures

Offseason Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes

Outgoing transfers

Outgoing Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	Year	New school	Source

2024 MLB Draft

2024 LSU Draft Class
Round	Pick	Overall Pick	Player	Position	MLB Team	Source

Acquisitions

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	Year	Previous school	Source

Incoming recruits

2024 LSU Recruits
Name	Number	B/T	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Source

Game log

2025 LSU Tigers Baseball Game Log (10–1)

Regular Season (11–1)

February (9–1)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	SEC	Source
February 14	SECN+	Purdue Fort Wayne*	No. 3	Alex Box Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 14–0	Anderson (1–0)	Fischer (0–1)	None	11,456	1–0	—	Report
February 15	SECN+	Purdue Fort Wayne*	No. 3	Alex Box Stadium	W 10–1	Eyanson (1–0)	Danielson (0–1)	None	10,964	2–0	—	Report
February 16	SECN+	Purdue Fort Wayne*	No. 3	Alex Box Stadium	W 8–1	Shores (1–0)	Walters (0–1)	None	10,803	3–0	—	Report
February 18	SECN+	Southern*	No. 3	Alex Box Stadium	W 13–1⁷	Ware (1–0)	Prosper (0–1)	None	9,720	4–0	—	Report
February 21	SECN+	Omaha*	No. 3	Alex Box Stadium	W 4–2	Anderson (2–0)	Curtis (0–1)	Evans (1)	10,343	5–0	—	Report
February 22	SECN+	Omaha*	No. 3	Alex Box Stadium	L 3–4	Gainer (2–0)	Fontenot (0–1)	Dreher (1)	10,318	5–1	—	Report
February 22	SECN+	Omaha*	No. 3	Alex Box Stadium	W 12–1	Shores (2–0)	Hood (0–2)	None	10,120	6–1	—	Report
February 24	SECN+	Nicholls*	No. 2	Alex Box Stadium	W 13–3⁷	Schmidt (1–0)	Harper (1–1)	None	10,030	7–1	—	Report
College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field
February 26	FloSports	vs. No. 19 Dallas Baptist*	No. 2	Globe Life Field Arlington, TX	W 7–3	Cowan (1–0)	Borberg (0–1)	Evans (2)	5,794	8–1	—	Report
Friso College Baseball Classic
February 28	D1B+	vs. Kansas State*	No. 2	Riders Field Frisco, TX	W 8–5¹⁰	Evans (1–0)	Dean (1–1)	None	N/A	9–1	—	Report

March (2–0)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	SEC	Source
Friso College Baseball Classic
March 1	D1B+	vs. Nebraska*	No. 2	Riders Field	W 11–6	Eyanson (2–0)	Jasa (0–1)	None	11,003	10–1	—	Report
March 2	D1B+	vs. Sam Houston State*	No. 2	Riders Field	W 12–8	Shores (3–0)	Zaruba (0–1)	Noot (1)	6,876	11–1	—	Report

March 4	SECN+	North Dakota State*	No. 1	Alex Box Stadium							—
March 5	SECN+	North Dakota State*	No. 1	Alex Box Stadium							—
March 7	SECN+	North Alabama*	No. 1	Alex Box Stadium							—
March 8	SECN+	North Alabama*	No. 1	Alex Box Stadium							—
March 9	SECN+	North Alabama*	No. 1	Alex Box Stadium							—
March 11	SECN+	Xavier*		Alex Box Stadium							—
March 14	WBRZ	Missouri		Alex Box Stadium
March 15	SECN+	Missouri		Alex Box Stadium
March 16	SECN+	Missouri		Alex Box Stadium
March 18	SECN+	New Orleans*		Alex Box Stadium							—
March 21	SECN	at Texas		UFCU Disch–Falk Field Austin, TX
March 22	SECN+	at Texas		UFCU Disch–Falk Field
March 23	SECN+	at Texas		UFCU Disch–Falk Field
March 25	SECN+	Louisiana*		Alex Box Stadium							—
March 28	SECN	Mississippi State		Alex Box Stadium
March 29	SECN+	Mississippi State		Alex Box Stadium
March 30	SECN+	Mississippi State		Alex Box Stadium

April (0–0)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	SEC	Source
April 1	SECN+	Louisiana Tech*		Alex Box Stadium							—
April 3	ESPN2	at Oklahoma		L. Dale Mitchell Park Norman, OK
April 4	SECN+	at Oklahoma		L. Dale Mitchell Park
April 5	SECN+	at Oklahoma		L. Dale Mitchell Park
April 8	ESPN+	at Nicholls*		Ray Didier Field Thibodaux, LA							—
April 11	SECN+	at Auburn		Plainsman Park Auburn, AL
April 12	SECN+	at Auburn		Plainsman Park
April 13	SECN+	at Auburn		Plainsman Park
April 15	SECN+	McNeese*		Alex Box Stadium							—
April 18	SECN+	Alabama		Alex Box Stadium
April 19	SECN+	Alabama		Alex Box Stadium
April 20	SECN	Alabama		Alex Box Stadium
April 22	SECN+	Northwestern State*		Alex Box Stadium							—
April 25	SECN+	Tennessee		Alex Box Stadium
April 26	ESPNU	Tennessee		Alex Box Stadium
April 27	SECN	Tennessee		Alex Box Stadium
April 29	SECN+	Southeastern Louisiana*		Alex Box Stadium							—

May (0–0)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	SEC	Source
May 2	SECN+	at Texas A&M		Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park College Station, TX
May 3	SECN+	at Texas A&M		Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park
May 4	SECN+	at Texas A&M		Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park
May 6	SECN+	Grambling State*		Alex Box Stadium							—
May 9	SECN+	Arkansas		Alex Box Stadium
May 10	SECN	Arkansas		Alex Box Stadium
May 11	SECN	Arkansas		Alex Box Stadium
May 15	SECN	at South Carolina		Founders Park Columbia, SC
May 16	SECN+	at South Carolina		Founders Park
May 17	SECN+	at South Carolina		Founders Park

Postseason (0–0)

SEC tournament (0–0)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	SECT Record	Source
May 20–25		vs. TBD		Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL

Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled
Bold =LSU team member * Non-conference game
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.^[4]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'^[5]	3	3*	3	2 (3)
Baseball America^[6]	2	2	3	2
NCBWA†^[7]	4	3	3	4
D1Baseball^[8]	3	3	2	1
Perfect Game^[9]	2	2	2	2

† 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

^ "2025 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
^ 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.
^ "2025 SEC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll, Preseason All-SEC Team Announced". secsports.com. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
^ "2025 Baseball Schedule". lsusports.net. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
^ "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "Rankings | Perfect Game USA". perfectgame.org. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

External links

LSU Baseball

[1] "2025 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved March 2, 2025.

[2] 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.

[SEC_preseason-3] "2025 SEC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll, Preseason All-SEC Team Announced". secsports.com. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 16, 2025.

[4] "2025 Baseball Schedule". lsusports.net. Retrieved February 26, 2025.

[5] "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[6] "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[7] "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[8] "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[perfect_game-9] "Rankings | Perfect Game USA". perfectgame.org. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

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