LSU pitcher Kade Anderson is projected to be the No. 1 overall pick in the latest MLB mock draft released by MLB.com.The Washington Nationals currently hold the No. 1 overall selection.The former St. Paul’s High School star has been shooting up the draft boards throughout the 2025 season.Anderson has just been amazing on the bump for the Tigers this season.He has appeared in 16 games so far this season, holding a 9-1 record.The lefty from Madisonville, La. has struck out 156 batters, while allowing 26 walks in 96 innings of work with a 3.28 ERA.Anderson is second in strikeouts among all Division I pitchers.Here is what Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com wrote about Anderson:”Anderson heads into Super Regional play second behind Tennessee’s Liam Doyle in strikeouts among all Division I pitchers and is coming off a Regional start in which he tossed seven shutout innings, striking out 11 while allowing just four hits and two walks. The lefty is athletic, throws strikes and has a legit four-pitch mix. With all of his stuff ticking up in the Regional, it looks like he still has plenty in the tank, checking off the durability box. Oh, he’ll also have just turned 21 before the Draft as a sophomore-eligible prospect.”If Anderson does indeed get drafted by the Nationals, he will join former LSU star Dylan Crews in Washington.Crews was drafted second overall by the Nationals in the 2023 MLB draft.Anderson will pitch this weekend against West Virginia in the Baton Rouge Super Regional.LSU head coach Jay Johnson didn’t announce his pitching rotation for this weekends series. Game one will take place Saturday at 1 p.m. inside Alex Box Stadium.

NEW ORLEANS —

LSU pitcher Kade Anderson is projected to be the No. 1 overall pick in the latest MLB mock draft released by MLB.com.

The Washington Nationals currently hold the No. 1 overall selection.

The former St. Paul’s High School star has been shooting up the draft boards throughout the 2025 season.

Anderson has just been amazing on the bump for the Tigers this season.

He has appeared in 16 games so far this season, holding a 9-1 record.

The lefty from Madisonville, La. has struck out 156 batters, while allowing 26 walks in 96 innings of work with a 3.28 ERA.

Anderson is second in strikeouts among all Division I pitchers.

Here is what Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com wrote about Anderson:

“Anderson heads into Super Regional play second behind Tennessee’s Liam Doyle in strikeouts among all Division I pitchers and is coming off a Regional start in which he tossed seven shutout innings, striking out 11 while allowing just four hits and two walks. The lefty is athletic, throws strikes and has a legit four-pitch mix. With all of his stuff ticking up in the Regional, it looks like he still has plenty in the tank, checking off the durability box. Oh, he’ll also have just turned 21 before the Draft as a sophomore-eligible prospect.”

If Anderson does indeed get drafted by the Nationals, he will join former LSU star Dylan Crews in Washington.

Crews was drafted second overall by the Nationals in the 2023 MLB draft.

Anderson will pitch this weekend against West Virginia in the Baton Rouge Super Regional.

LSU head coach Jay Johnson didn’t announce his pitching rotation for this weekends series.

Game one will take place Saturday at 1 p.m. inside Alex Box Stadium.