LSU Coach Jay Johnson Knows Who Should Go No. 1 In MLB Draft originally appeared on The Spun.
LSU Tigers head baseball coach Jay Johnson knows who should go No. 1 overall in the 2025 MLB Draft next month.
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The Washington Nationals have the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft. The Nationals will get first pick 2025 MLB Draft, which is set to take place on July 13 and July 14 in Atlanta, Georgia. Johnson, the national title-winning LSU Tigers baseball coach, knows who Mike Rizzo should take.
Johnson believes that his team’s ace, left-handed pitcher Kade Anderson, is deserving of the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming MLB Draft.
Anderson is coming off a 130-pitch complete game in the College World Series. LSU topped Coastal Carolina, 1-0, in the Men’s College World Series in Omaha. He struck out 10 and allowed just three hits in the win.
“That’s what we’ve seen all year,” Johnson said. “He’s the best pitcher in the country and did it again tonight. That’s been on the regular every Game 1 of the entire season. Everybody got to see what we’ve seen and known for an entire season.”
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Johnson believes that it’s obvious – Anderson should go No. 1 overall next month.
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS – APRIL 16: Head Coach Jay Johnson of the LSU Tigers walks to the dugout during a game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Baum-Walker Stadium at George Cole Field on April 16, 2022 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Razorbacks defeated the Tigers 6-2. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)Wesley Hitt/Getty Images
Johnson said the pick for the Nationals should be clear.
“His next pitch should be somewhere in the Washington Nationals organization… He’s the best player in the country. There’s nobody closer to the major leagues than that,” he said.
There is no runaway favorite to go No. 1 overall in the 2025 MLB Draft next month. However, Anderson and Ethan Holliday, the younger brother of Baltimore Orioles star Jackson Holliday, are considered to be the frontrunners to get taken with the top overall selection.
The 2025 Men’s College World Series will continue on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN+.
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LSU Coach Jay Johnson Knows Who Should Go No. 1 In MLB Draft first appeared on The Spun on Jun 22, 2025
This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jun 22, 2025, where it first appeared.