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USA Today
20-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
LSU baseball pitcher Anthony Eyanson agrees to deal above slot value with Red Sox
Former LSU baseball pitcher Anthony Eyanson came to terms with the Boston Red Sox for $1,750,000 million, according to MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis. The Red Sox selected Eyanson in the third round with the No. 87 overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft. He ranked No. 40 on prospect list following a breakout year with the Tigers. Scouts were high on Eyanson's breaking pitches during the 2025 season, especially his slider sitting at 82-85 mph and upper-70s curveball. In his first year of power four baseball, Eyanson earned the Saturday starter role and finished third nationally with 152 strikeouts. He posted a 3.00 ERA through 108 innings and ended his collegiate career. He hurled 6.1 innings with nine strikeouts in the College World Series final against Coastal Carolina. Eyanson played his first two seasons at UC San Diego before heading to Baton Rouge. He finishes a three-year career with a 3.21 ERA and 271 strikeouts through 219 innings.
Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Red Sox draft College World Series champion pitcher with their fourth pick of night
Just three weeks ago, right-hander Anthony Eyanson helped LSU win the College World Series. Now, he's a member of a pitching-heavy Red Sox draft class. Boston selected Eyanson with its third round pick at No. 87 overall Sunday, making him the third SEC pitcher (and fourth college player) the club selected on Day 1 of the draft. The slot value of the pick is $907,200. Earlier, the Red Sox took Oklahoma righty Kyson Witherspoon at No. 15 and Tennessee righty Marcus Phillips at No. 33. Eyanson, a 20-year-old California native, pitched for UC San Diego for two years before transferring to Baton Rouge for 2025. For the Tigers this year, he logged a 3.00 ERA and struck out 152 batters in 108 innings in 20 games (18 starts). He was a First-Team All-American, per Baseball America, along with Witherspoon. 'Another guy that throws a ton of strikes,' said Red Sox amateur scouting director Devin Pearson. 'Has really good secondaries (pitches) and has dominated from a performance standpoint this year.' Eyanson started the final game of the collegiate season when LSU beat Coastal Carolina to sweep a best-of-three championship series in Omaha on June 22. In a 5-3 Tigers win, he went 6 ⅓ innings, allowing three runs on seven hits while recording nine strikeouts. 'To do it at a school like LSU where it's a packed house every night, you've got to be tough and enjoy that craziness in the moment,' Pearson said. 'You have to have players like that if you want to pitch at Fenway Park.' Eyanson was ranked the No. 40 prospect in the draft, per MLB Pipeline. Here's the site's scouting report on him: 'Eyanson served UC San Diego as a solid starter for two seasons before electing to transfer to LSU. He showed top-two-rounds potential last summer by working with a 93-97 mph fastball and a hammer curveball while with the U.S. collegiate national team and in the Cape Cod League. His stuff wasn't as sharp early in his junior season but he came on strong in the final two months to rank third in NCAA Division I in wins (12) and strikeouts (152 in 108 innings) and help the Tigers win the College World Series. 'Eyanson's slider has become his best pitch during his first season in Baton Rouge, parking at 82-85 mph and eliciting empty swings in and out of the strike zone thanks to its tremendous depth. His upper-70s curveball has been solid but hasn't enticed hitters to chase nearly as much as his slide piece has. His fastball has operated at 92-94 mph and topped out at 98, though its lack of life can make it vulnerable if he doesn't locate it well. 'Though Eyanson's low-80s changeup can miss bats with its fade and sink, he struggles to throw it for strikes. He's a good athlete with decent control but will nibble around the plate too much at times. He has a ceiling of a No. 3 starter if he can improve his fastball shape but also could wind up as a reliever who relies heavily on his breaking pitches.' More Red Sox coverage What they're saying nationally after Red Sox snag MLB Draft's 'top-ranked righty' A sweet ambush: Fred Lynn and Jim Rice's bond still gold 50 years after 1975 Red Sox pennant Red Sox draft UVA infielder with third pick at No. 75 overall Who's Kyson Witherspoon, Red Sox first round pick? 'I don't like being second' Red Sox double down on college pitching, draft another SEC arm with second pick (No. 33) Read the original article on MassLive.
USA Today
28-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Here's every transfer to commit to LSU baseball after College World Series title
Fresh off winning the eighth national championship in program history, LSU baseball went right back to work. Head coach Jay Johnson worked the transfer portal during the title run and ramped up recruiting efforts in the days following his second championship in Baton Rouge. The Tigers lose major contributors from the 2025 squad, including NCAA strikeouts leader Kade Anderson, as well as everyday infielders Daniel Dickinson and Jared Jones. The trio, along with right-handed pitcher Anthony Eyanson, are off the MLB Draft. Johnson returns key pieces to the team next year, including stalwart bullpen pitchers Casan Evans and Chase Shores. Zac Cowan is also expected to return for a fourth collegiate season, and all three are expected to compete for starting rotation spots. Johnson's staff stuck to its aggressive portal strategy from last season, which yielded Eyanson and Chris Stanfield. He's looking for the same high-level results from this year's haul. Here are the four players who committed to LSU so far in 2025. Danny Lachenmayer A left-handed reliever, Lachenmayer is coming off a standout season at North Dakota State. Through 38 innings, he posted a 2.37 ERA, 56 strikeouts and nine saves. He allowed just 10 earned runs as the Bison made a run to the 2025 NCAA Tournament. LSU's pitching rotation will experience shakeups with the departures of Anderson and Eyanson. Lachenmayer performed well in high-leverage situations and will compete for important innings. Seth Dardar Dardar adds 95 games of collegiate experience to a depleted LSU infield. The Mandeville, LA native spent two seasons at Columbia and one at Kansas State. In an early-season meeting against the Tigers in 2025, Dardar recorded two hits, including a home run. Over his career, Dardar boasts a .309 batting average, .409 on-base percentage and .592 slugging percentage. He finished 2025 with 60 hits, a year removed from a season-long injury. Brayden Simpson Simpson marked the first portal addition to LSU's 2026 roster. A rising senior, the third baseman fills an immediate need for the Tigers as Michael Braswell is out of eligibility, while also bringing a big bat at the plate. In 2025 at High Point, Simpson batted .389 with a .477 on-base percentage, 91 hits, 77 RBI and 22 home runs. He was named to the All-Big South first-team honors and finished No. 10 on D1 Baseball's Top 50 third basemen rankings. Ryler Smart Smart stayed in the SEC, coming over from Tennessee. As a true freshman in 2025, he didn't see any action, but he came in as a top-200 prospect, according to Perfect Game. The 2024 cycle's No. 183 overall player and No. 25 left-handed pitcher, Smart hails from Pearland, TX. The six-foot-four, 236-pounder provides a solid frame and a year of observing the country's best players to LSU pitching coach Nate Yeskie.
USA Today
23-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Everything Anthony Eyanson said after LSU baseball's national championship win
Anthony Eyanson powered LSU baseball to the national championship in Game 2 of the College World Series against Coastal Carolina. The right-handed pitcher went 6.1 innings, giving up three runs on seven hits while striking out nine. His composure with traffic on the base paths gave the Tigers' bats a chance to come alive late to secure the victory. LSU won the last nine games that Eyanson pitched in, showcasing the junior's pivotal role on the pitching staff. He provided the back end of the one-two punch, following up Kade Anderson as the regular Saturday starter. Eyanson's effort helped LSU cap a 5-0 showing in Omaha, the first team to do so since UCLA in 2013. The transfer from UC San Diego finished his first season of SEC baseball with a 3.00 ERA and 152 strikeouts through 108 innings pitched. Here is everything Eyanson said following his quality start in the College World Series finals. How Eyanson handled adversity during the game All three runs given up by Eyanson on Sunday came from home runs but didn't let that deter his confidence. "We've been tested all year. I was just waiting for adversity to hit me in the game. Right when that happened, I knew that's when I put my pedal to the metal and just push a little bit more, push a little bit more, and just continue to fight for the team. To know that I got guys behind me that obviously, we just won this thing, so they're pretty good at baseball. But they just did their job behind me, so super grateful for that." The Tigers' last loss came against Little Rock during the regional round. Eyanson spoke about how the team bounced back. "I think we were confident before that, but I think just coming back from that game really showed us what we were about. Obviously, they played very well that weekend, and just us staying to our plan and our approach and just continuing to be ourselves really helped us out going forward." Eyanson talks move to LSU, relationship with Jay Johnson "I remember hugging my parents right now with the natty hat and shirt on when I dreamed about this place. Even on my visit, just looking at all the history on the wall, this is what I dreamed of, literally, throwing pitches, starting the game for the final game of the national championship. [I'm] just super grateful for Coach [Jay] Johnson for giving me the opportunity, and thankful for God, obviously." "It feels like a movie when he [Johnson] talks about the lineup before the game, talking about everybody's role, how they can contribute to scoring runs on the offensive side. It's fun to watch, but nobody is more prepared, obviously, than Coach Johnson. He puts in so much work that none of us see, just preparing the team and preparing the coaching staff to tackle any obstacle." "I just remember Coach Johnson calling me. I was still waiting to wake up from my dream. I didn't really believe it until I talked to him on the phone, but he would just text me every day, sending me pictures of the pinstripe jerseys. That's why I wore them, honestly. Just telling me Friday night, you know, carving dues, 24, what number do you want? 24 is yours. Just super persistent and a credit to him. He made it clear that this is the place to be." Working with pitching coach Nate Yeskie leveled up Eyanson's game "Just like Coach Johnson, he [Yeskie] works day in and day out so much time that nobody sees. Just helping the pitching staff find out who they are as pitchers. I think that's the most important going forward, trying to figure out your identity as a pitcher, and he just does a really good job of being really transparent with everybody."
USA Today
23-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Five takeaways from LSU baseball's national championship victory vs Coastal Carolina
The Tigers have done it. On Sunday, LSU baseball beat Coastal Carolina in Game 2 of the College World Series Final, completing a sweep to win the national championship and finish a 5-0 run in Omaha. Anthony Eyanson got the start on the mound for LSU. It was just another day at the office for a guy who has pitched like an ace all year. Eyanson went 6.1 innings and struck out nine. He allowed three earned runs, all coming via the homer. Eyanson was sharp and had the full pitch mix working. Chaos erupted in the first inning when Coastal Carolina head coach Kevin Schnall and first base coach Matt Schilling were ejected for arguing balls and strikes. As Schnall stepped out of the Coastal dugout, home plate umpire Angel Campos gave him the boot. Moments later, Schilling followed. The ejections swung momentum in LSU's favor, but Coastal Carolina responded with a Dean Mihos home run to start the scoring in the bottom of the second. Not long after, LSU had a response of its own with Daniel Dickinson scoring on an Ethan Frey double in the third. The fourth inning is where the game was one. The Tigers knocked Coastal Carolina starter Jacob Morrison out of the game with a four-run inning. Jake Brown got the rally going with a walk, and Jared Jones followed it up with a single. The bases were loaded after Luis Hernandez was hit by a pitch, and Chris Stanfield came through with a single to score two runs. Later in the inning, a Derek Curiel single scored two more runs to make it 5-1 LSU. That was all the offense LSU would need. Eyanson gave way to Chase Shores, who closed it out. Here are five takeaways from LSU baseball's national championship victory. Anthony Eyanson finishes LSU career with a quality start Anthony Eyanson didn't throw a complete game shutout, but he was pretty good in his own right. The UC San Diego transfer struck out nine in 6.1 innings. Coastal Carolina totaled seven hits and two homers, but it wasn't enough. Eyanson completed a quality start and notched his 12th win of the year. When Eyanson took the mound for LSU in 2025, good things happened. The Tigers won their last nine games in which Eyanson appeared -- whether as a starter or reliever. Eyanson had his full pitch mix working on Sunday, but the slider, Eyanson's signature pitch, stood out. Eyanson proved to be LSU's most valuable transfer portal addition from the 2024 cycle. It's fitting he got the start in LSU's national championship clinching win. Perhaps Eyanson's biggest moment came in the bottom of the fourth. Just after LSU took the lead in the top of the inning, Coastal Carolina was threatening in the bottom of the fourth. With runners on first and second, Eyanson struck out Ty Dooley to end the inning. Ethan Frey caps off big year with a three-hit game Ethan Frey was LSU's best hitter this year. Frey led the Tigers in OPS and slugging and was red hot down the stretch. Frey's play earned him a bump in the batting order with Jay Johnson sliding Frey up to No. 2 in the postseason. The 6-foot-6 junior was a member of LSU's national title team in 2023, but he didn't play much as a true freshman. On Sunday, Frey took on a starring role. Frey stroked an RBI double in the top of the third to score Daniel Dickinson and put LSU on the board. Frey swung momentum in LSU's favor and turned out to be LSU's only extra-base hit of the day. Frey finished the game with three hits and ended the year with a .331 batting average. Chase Shores. Clutch. LSU arrived in Omaha needing a reliever to step up. The Tigers' bullpen had been shaky in recent weeks, and Jay Johnson needed more than just Casan Evans if LSU was going to get the job done. Chase Shores answered the call. LSU didn't even need Evans on Sunday with Shores finishing the game. Shores entered the game in the seventh inning after Eyanson allowed a two-run homer to make it a 5-3 game. Shores was tasked with Sebastian Alexander and Blake Barthol -- two of Coastal's best hitters. Alexander grounded out, and Batrhol struck out. Shores tossed a perfect eighth and was sent out to finish it off in the ninth. Coastal Carolina put the leadoff man on, which brought the tying runner to the plate, but Shores responded, striking out Ty Dooley and inducing a double-play to end the game. Shores came up clutch on multiple occasions in Omaha. Another game without an error LSU's defense was as good as any pitcher could ask for in the CWS final. In 18 innings, LSU did not commit a single error. LSU pitchers combined for 13 Ks, so the defense didn't need to do much, but they took care of business when needed. Throughout the postseason, LSU watched opponents lose composure in the field while LSU made play after play. This team did the little things, and the infield of Jones, Dickinson, Milam, and Brasswell was near perfect. Jay Johnson's legacy cemented Jay Johnson just won his second national title at LSU. It only took him four years. Johnson's legacy is now cemented. Johnson could never coach another game and still go down as one of the best coaches in the history of LSU athletics. Johnson is the first coach in college baseball history to win two titles in his first two years at a school. Under Johnson, LSU has taken on different identities. He's not married to one style of baseball. He's a relentless recruiter at the high school level and one of the best talent identifiers in the transfer portal. The Tigers can win pitchers' duels, slugfests, bullpen battles, and play small ball. LSU will return plenty of talent in 2026 and expect to be right back in Omaha.
