By Hunt Palmer
The second half of college baseball’s best 1-2 punch is Boston bound.
Anthony Eyanson was selected 87th overall in the third round by the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night.
The junior right-hander finished third in the country in strikeouts with 152. He worked to a 3.00 ERA and finished with a 12-2 record and a pair of saves including the regional final against Little Rock when he came on and worked the final 1.2 innings to put the pesky Trojans away. His 12 wins led the SEC, and that ERA was fourth best in the conference.
The junior earned the win in the title clinching in in Omaha against Coastal Carolina and was named an All-American.
LSU’s top two starts are on a fantastic run in terms of the MLB Draft.
In 2023, Paul Skenes (Pirates) was the first pick, and Ty Floyd (Reds) followed 38th. In 2024, Luke Holman (71st, Reds) and Gage Jump (73rd, Athletics) came off the board two picks apart in the second round. Jump pitched in the MLB Futures Game on Saturday.
Now Eyanson joins Kade Anderson (3rd) in the 2024 draft in the first three rounds.
Jay Johnson and Nate Yeskie took a solid Big West pitcher and turned him into one of college baseball’s best. Slot value at No. 87 is $907,200.
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