The 2026 Major League Baseball Draft is this weekend, and two LSU baseball stars should hear their names called on day one. Center fielder Derek Curiel is expected to be a top 15 pick in the first round, while right fielder Jake Brown is a potential second round pick as he’s ranked by ESPN.com as the 64th best player in the draft. Brown will spend draft day with his family in Sulphur.

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Pitcher Devin Sheerin is the next Tiger expected to go off the board. He could be picked as high as the fourth round, but he’s more likely to hear his name called Sunday.

Koki Riley covers LSU baseball for The Advocate and says most of the other players who have a chance to leave Baton Rouge for pro ball are older right-handed relief pitchers.

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McNeese baseball is welcoming home two Lake Charles natives in the transfer portal. Barbe High School product and former UL Lafayette infielder Owen Galt committed to McNeese after batting .231 with six RBIs and one homer in 11 starts last season.

Louisiana Tech infielder Reid Snider will be a redshirt junior next season. He attended St. Louis Catholic High School and made six starts for the Bulldogs last season. He averaged .179 at the plate and was perfect in the field.

UL Lafayette announced its men’s basketball non-conference schedule. The Cajuns tip off the season hosting Akron in the Sun Belt-MAC challenge. They’ll make a road trip to USC November 22. In-state matchups include a home game against McNeese November 28, a visit to Tulane December 6 and a trip to LSU December 22.

Two of the MLB’s top young talents face off Sunday in a matchup between the Pirates’ Paul Skenes and the Brewers’ Jacob Misiorowski. The MLB All-Stars were almost teammates at LSU in 2023 before Misiorowski, who was committed to transfer to LSU from Crowder Junior College, was selected in the second round by the Brewers. First pitch is at 11:15.