LSU Baseball Names Seven Players to Top-100 2025 MLB Draft Prospects List

BATON ROUGE, La. – Seven LSU players have been named to the D1Baseball Top 100 College Prospects List for the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft.

LSU’s sophomore right-handed pitcher Chase Shores was ranked No. 6 on the list; third-year infielder Daniel Dickinson at No. 8; third-year first baseman Jared Jones at No. 41; third-year right-handed pitcher Anthony Eyanson at No. 45; third-year right-handed pitcher Jacob Mayers at No. 68; fourth-year infielder Luis Hernandez at No. 83; and sophomore left-handed pitcher Kade Anderson at No. 90.

Shores, a native of Midland, Texas, was granted a medical redshirt for the 2024 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery in April 2023. Shores played in seven games (four as a starter) for the Tigers in 2023 before suffering the injury.

Shores went 0-1 and posted a 0.96 ERA in 2023 with nine walks and 15 strikeouts in 18.1 innings while limiting opponents to a cumulative .231 batting average. He threw 2.0 shutout innings with two strikeouts against Tennessee, and he made his SEC debut in a relief role at Texas A&M, where he threw 3.0 innings with two strikeouts.

Dickinson, who transferred to LSU from Utah Valley this summer, posted a .369 batting average with 27 home runs, 95 RBI and a .457 on-base percentage in two seasons at UVU.

Dickinson was selected to the First-Team All-WAC in 2024, hitting .363 (90-for-248) with 14 doubles, two triples, 18 homers, 53 RBI and 32 stolen bases.

Jones, a Marietta, Ga. native, had a stellar season for LSU in 2024, being named First-Team ABCA All-South Region and named to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team. He hit .301 (69-for-229) on the year with 14 doubles, two triples, 28 homers, 59 RBI and 56 runs.

Jones’ 28 home runs are the fourth-most in a single season in LSU history, and the most by an LSU player since first baseman Matt Clark also hit 28 in 2008. Jones finished 2024 ranked No. 2 in the SEC in walks (59), No. 5 in home runs, No. 5 in slugging percentage (.747) and No. 9 in total bases (171).

Eyanson, who transferred to LSU from UC San Diego this summer, was selected to the All-Big West Second-Team in 2024. He went 6-2 with a 3.07 ERA in 82.0 innings over 14 appearances (nine as a starter), striking out 85 batters and batting .190 vs. opponents.

Eyanson, a member of the United States baseball team, was named Big West Pitcher of the Week twice in 2024.

Mayers, who transferred from Nicholls to LSU this summer, led the Southland Conference in 2024 with 106 strikeouts and a .165 opponent batting average. The Gonzales, La., native was 5-1 on the season with a 4.58 ERA in 70.2 innings, and he finished third in the nation in hits allowed per nine innings (4.97).

Mayers, who was selected to the Second-Team ABCA All-South Region in 2024, struck out a season-high 12 batters in 6.1 innings against New Orleans and struck out 10 against both Southeastern Louisiana and Lamar.

Hernandez, who transferred to LSU from Indiana State this summer, was selected to the First-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference in 2024, hitting .359 (89-for-248) with 14 doubles, 23 homers and 76 RBI.

Hernandez, a first baseman, catcher and designated hitter at Indiana State, was selected to the ABCA All-Midwest Region in 2024 and was named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Defensive Team.

Anderson, a native of Madisonville, La., had a standout freshman season for LSU in 2024, making 18 appearances (nine starts) and going 4-2 with a 3.99 ERA and 59 strikeouts in 38.1 innings. He struck out a career-best 13 batters in 5.0 innings at Southeastern Louisiana on March 6.

Anderson was particularly effective in the postseason, with 2.1 scoreless innings in two NCAA Chapel Hill Regional appearances with two hits, one walk and six strikeouts. He also made two appearances in the SEC Tournament, with 1.2 scoreless innings with one hit, one walk and three strikeouts.

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