LSU Has 13 Players Chosen in MLB Draft

Chrissy Smith • July 28, 2023

Following an exciting and phenomenal LSU baseball season, it should come as not surprise that 13 LSU players were selected in this year’s Major League Baseball Draft, a total which is the third-highest in NCAA history. LSU’s total of 13 drafted players this season ties the SEC mark also held by Vanderbilt in 2019, Kentucky in 2018 and Texas A&M in 2016.


The Tigers made MLB history by having the first two overall players picked in the draft – right-handed pitcher Paul Skenes and centerfielder Dylan Crews. Skenes’ signing bonus was a record deal of $9.2 million, and Crews was just behind him with a signing bonus of $9 million.


Since the MLB Draft began in 1965, LSU players have been selected on 253 occasions, including 21 first-round selections.


Below is the complete list of all the LSU players from the 2023 MLB Draft:

• RHP Paul Skenes (1st Round, No. 1 overall – Pittsburgh Pirates)
• OF Dylan Crews (1st Round, No. 2 overall – Washington Nationals)
• RHP Ty Floyd (Competitive Balance Round A, No. 38 overall – Cincinnati Reds)
• RHP Grant Taylor (2nd Round, No. 51 overall – Chicago White Sox)
• 1B/OF Tre’ Morgan (3rd Round, No. 88 overall – Tampa Bay Rays)
• 2B Gavin Dugas (6th Round, No. 165 overall – Washington Nationals
• RHP Garrett Edwards (11th Round, No. 333 overall – Tampa Bay Rays)
• RHP Blake Money (12th Round, No. 361 overall – Baltimore Orioles)
• OF Brayden Jobert (12th Round, No. 365 overall – St. Louis Cardinals)
• LHP Riley Cooper (13th Round, No. 391 overall, Baltimore Orioles)
• SS Jordan Thompson (15th Round, No. 460 overall – Los Angeles Dodgers)
• LHP Javen Coleman (16th Round, No. 490 overall – Los Angeles Dodgers)
• RHP Christian Little (19th Round, No. 576 overall – New York Mets)


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