Three former LSU Tigers were taken on the opening day of the Major League Baseball Draft….
Cut 3 (32) “…I’m Jeff Palermo.”
Five more Tigers were taken on Day 2 of the draft, all of them pitchers. Kansas City drafted Grant Fontenot, The Mets selected Gavin Guidry and Cleveland took Zac Cowan.
Also, several of the Tigers top signees are coming to campus, including outfielder Malachi Washington and right-handed pitcher Cooper Sides.
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The highest non-LSU college player taken in the Major League Baseball Draft was Northwestern State’s Dylan Marionneaux. Marionneaux went in the fourth round to the Chicago Cubs. He was 4-2 with a 3.51 ERA for the Demons.
Louisiana Tech’s ace Declan Dahl went in the fifth round to the Detroit Tigers. Dahl was the Conference USA Newcomer of the Year.
In the 6th round, the Giants selected McNeese right-hander Eric Nachsheim and in the 8th round San Francisco selected Cody Brasch from the Ragin Cajuns, who led the Sun Belt Conference with a 2.77 ERA.
In the MLB All-Star futures game, former LSU star Kade Anderson got the start for the American League and worked a scoreless first inning. Anthony Eyanson faced two batters, walked one and got the other one out.
Paul Skenes improved his record to 8-8 as the Pirates pounded the Brewers 14 to 5. Skenes allowed two runs in five and a third innings and struck out seven.