{"id":723249,"date":"2026-06-11T14:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T14:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/723249\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T14:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T14:43:11","slug":"lsu-baseball-portal-tigers-land-no-1-transfer-in-nation-outfielder-bino-watters-of-notre-dame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/723249\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU Baseball Portal: Tigers Land No. 1 Transfer In Nation \u2013 Outfielder Bino Watters Of Notre Dame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BinoWatters_NotreDame.jpg\" alt=\"Two Notre Dame baseball players in blue and gold helmets high-five on the field, one wearing No. 15 and the other No. 11.\" title=\"BinoWatters_NotreDame\"\/><br \/>\nNotre Dame sophomore outfielder hit .362 last season with 10 homers and 51 RBIs. (Notre Dame photo).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The LSU baseball program had been a little quiet through the first nine days of the NCAA Transfer Portal window that opened a week ago Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then Bam!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LSU coach Jay Johnson caught a commitment from the No. 1-ranked portal player in the country by On3.com and other sites on Wednesday in Notre Dame sophomore outfielder Bino Watters (6-foot-2, 215 pounds) of Rochester Adams High in Rochester Hills, Michigan.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There will be an LSU history in Omaha, even though the 2026 Tigers will not be there:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KIXW2bOwxN\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/KIXW2bOwxN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Guilbeau (@SportBeatTweet) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SportBeatTweet\/status\/2064469331396731107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 9, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watters, who has primarily played left field, hit .362 in the 2026 season for the Fighting Irish (31-22, 13-17 Atlantic Coast Conference) with10 home runs and 51 RBIs through 53 starts. A first team All-ACC choice, Watters is projected to be a top 25 pick of the first round in the 2027 Major League Baseball Draft as a junior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LSU expects to lose all three starting outfielders from the 2026 season \u2013 junior Jake Brown in right, draft-eligible sophomore Derek Curiel in center and senior Chris Stanfield in left.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watters is Johnson\u2019s third commitment out of the portal for the 2027 season. Previous commitments were freshman right-handed pitcher Landon Hood from Gonzaga and sophomore shortstop Dawson Park of Texas State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The portal window runs through July 1. After that date, players can no longer enter the portal. But the ones already in can choose schools after that date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Notre Dame sophomore outfielder hit .362 last season with 10 homers and 51 RBIs. (Notre Dame photo). By&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":723250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2276],"tags":[5,77564,4694,13353,2291,4,1586,6491,10917],"class_list":["post-723249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb-draft","tag-baseball","tag-bino-watters","tag-jay-johnson","tag-lsu-baseball","tag-major-league-baseball-draft","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-draft","tag-notre-dame","tag-transfer-portal"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116732007044569694","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}