2025 LSU Tigers baseball team

2025 LSU Tigers baseball
Friso College Baseball Classic champions
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
D1Baseball.com	No. 1
Record	16–1 (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. 2 Tennessee  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			16	–	0		1.000
No. 4 Georgia  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			18	–	1		.947
No. 17 Alabama  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			16	–	1		.941
No. 1 LSU  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			16	–	1		.941
No. 3 Arkansas  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			15	–	1		.938
No. 13 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			14	–	1		.933
No. 12 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			14	–	1		.933
No. 11 Texas  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			13	–	1		.929
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			15	–	2		.882
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			12	–	2		.857
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			14	–	3		.824
No. 25 Auburn  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			13	–	3		.813
No. 16 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			13	–	3		.813
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			11	–	4		.733
No. 19 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			9	–	6		.600
Missouri  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			8	–	8		.500
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of March 9, 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

Main article: 2024 LSU Tigers baseball team

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.

Preseason All-SEC Team
Player	No.	Position	Team	Class
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]

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

Main article: 2024 Major League Baseball 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 (16–1)
Regular Season (16–1)
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 (7–0) 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 W 11–9 Cowan (2–0) Lachenmayer (0–1) Evans (3) 9,892 12–1 — Report March 5 SECN+ North Dakota State* No. 1 Alex Box Stadium W 13–37 Schmidt (2–0) Shupe (0–1) None 10,446 13–1 — Report March 7 SECN+ North Alabama* No. 1 Alex Box Stadium W 13–27 Anderson (3–0) Parrish (0–4) None 10,747 14–1 — Report March 8 SECN+ North Alabama* No. 1 Alex Box Stadium W 6–2 Eyanson (3–0) Patterson (1–2) Cowan (1) 10,226 15–1 — Report March 9 SECN+ North Alabama* No. 1 Alex Box Stadium W 11–5 Shores (4–0) Pingeton (1–2) None 10,817 16–1 — Report March 11 SECN+ Xavier* No. 1 Alex Box Stadium — March 14 WBRZ Missouri No. 1 Alex Box Stadium March 15 SECN+ Missouri No. 1 Alex Box Stadium March 16 SECN+ Missouri No. 1 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]

Record vs. conference opponents

Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2025 SEC baseball records v t e Source: 2025 SEC baseball game results, 2025 SEC baseball schedule
Tm	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZ	OKL	OMS	SCA	TEN	TEX	TAM	VAN	Tm	SR	SW
ALA	0–0		.	4/6	5/17	5/11	.	4/19	4/13	4/27	3/30	.	.	3/23	.	3/16	5/4	ALA	0–0	0–0
ARK	0–0	.		.	4/27	4/13	.	5/11	.	4/6	.	3/16	3/23	5/17	5/4	4/19	3/30	ARK	0–0	0–0
AUB	0–0	4/6	.		.	3/30	3/23	4/13	4/27	.	.	5/17	5/11	5/4	4/19	.	3/16	AUB	0–0	0–0
FLA	0–0	5/17	4/27	.		3/23	.	.	4/20	4/13	.	3/30	5/4	3/16	5/11	.	4/6	FLA	0–0	0–0
UGA	0–0	5/11	4/13	3/30	3/23		3/16	.	.	5/4	4/27	.	.	.	4/6	5/17	4/19	UGA	0–0	0–0
KEN	0–0	.	.	3/23	.	3/16		.	5/4	.	5/11	4/6	4/27	4/20	4/13	3/30	5/17	KEN	0–0	0–0
LSU	0–0	4/19	5/11	4/13	.	.	.		3/30	3/16	4/6	.	5/17	4/27	3/23	5/4	.	LSU	0–0	0–0
MSU	0–0	4/13	.	4/27	4/20	.	5/4	3/30		5/17	3/23	5/11	4/6	.	3/16	.	.	MSU	0–0	0–0
MIZ	0–0	4/27	4/6	.	4/13	5/4	.	3/16	5/17		4/19	3/23	.	.	3/30	5/11	.	MIZ	0–0	0–0
OKL	0–0	3/30	.	.	.	4/27	5/11	4/6	3/23	4/19		5/4	3/16	.	5/17	.	4/13	OKL	0–0	0–0
OMS	0–0	.	3/16	5/17	3/30	.	4/6	.	5/11	3/23	5/4		4/19	4/13	.	.	4/27	OMS	0–0	0–0
SCA	0–0	.	3/23	5/11	5/4	.	4/27	5/17	4/6	.	3/16	4/19		3/30	.	4/13	.	SCA	0–0	0–0
TEN	0–0	3/23	5/17	5/4	3/16	.	4/20	4/27	.	.	.	4/13	3/30		.	4/6	5/11	TEN	0–0	0–0
TEX	0–0	.	5/4	4/19	5/11	4/6	4/13	3/23	3/16	3/30	5/17	.	.	.		4/27	.	TEX	0–0	0–0
TAM	0–0	3/16	4/19	.	.	5/17	3/30	5/4	.	5/11	.	.	4/13	4/6	4/27		3/23	TAM	0–0	0–0
VAN	0–0	5/4	3/30	3/16	4/6	4/19	5/17	.	.	.	4/13	4/27	.	5/11	.	3/23		VAN	0–0	0–0
Tm	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZ	OKL	OMS	SCA	TEN	TEX	TAM	VAN	Team	SR	SW

Updated for all games through 7 March 2025.

Rankings

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I baseball 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)	2 (3)
Baseball America [6]	2	2	3	2	2
NCBWA† [7]	4	3	3	4	2
D1Baseball [8]	3	3	2	1	1
Perfect Game [9]	2	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

1. "2025 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved March 9, 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.
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.
9. "Rankings | Perfect Game USA". perfectgame.org. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

External links

• LSU Baseball