{"id":755183,"date":"2026-07-18T16:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T16:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/755183\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T16:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T16:48:19","slug":"lsu-baseball-loses-no-10-outfielder-anthony-murphy-from-2027-signing-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/755183\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU Baseball \u201cLoses\u201d No. 10 Outfielder Anthony Murphy From 2027 Signing Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/LSUBaseballVNortheastern022826_JayJohnson_LSUAthletics.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"LSUBaseballVNortheastern022826_JayJohnson_LSUAthletics\"\/><br \/>\nLSU baseball coach Jay Johnson has 41 players on his roster at the moment for 2027, and needs to get down to 34, excluding &#8220;designated players.&#8221;(LSU photo).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LSU outfielder \u201csignee\u201d Anthony Murphy of Corona, California, has committed to Miami after decommitting from LSU following his selection in the 16th round of the 20-round Major League Baseball Draft last weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Murphy (6-0, 190 pounds) was the No. 39 prospect in the draft and No. 10 outfielder by Perfect Game, but he was the 466th selecton by Washington and doesn\u2019t plan on pursuing pro baseball just yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But don\u2019t look for LSU and coach Jay Johnson to sue Murphy for getting out of his signed scholarship papers. LSU has or will release Murphy from that signing in a mutual agreement because he wants to go to Miami for a better chance to play sooner as the Tigers are full in the outfield via the portal and other high school signees. And LSU\u2019s overall roster is suddenly crowded and can use the extra space. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/LSU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#LSU<\/a> signee Anthony Murphy has decommitted from the program.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy was picked by the Nationals in the 16th round and was quiet about his intentions until today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6nXquhXng9\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/6nXquhXng9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Koki Riley (@KokiRiley) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KokiRiley\/status\/2078135640160415897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 17, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is because LSU stands to lose only three or four from its now 22-member signing class of 2027 to the MLB Draft, which took only nine Tigers in all after Johnson projected 13 or 14 to be taken. And only four were taken in the first 10 rounds and 317 picks. The loss of Murphy cuts LSU\u2019s roster down to 41. The maximum is 34 for next season, but the NCAA has a strange, contradictory loophole to that rule. Players beyond the 34 can be labeled as \u201cdesignated student-athletes,\u201d and there is no limit on those. The \u201cdesignated\u201d players can also still play, practice and travel and not count against the 34 \u201climit,\u201d which therefore really isn\u2019t a limit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectgame.org\/College\/CollegeCommitments.aspx?college=1658&amp;grad=2026\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LSU BASEBALL 2027 SIGNING CLASS<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBeing committed to LSU has been an incredible honor,\u201d Murphy said in a social media post on Friday, mistakenly using the word \u201ccommitted\u201d instead of \u201csigned\u201d as scholarship signatures in college baseball are not viewed as seriously as in other college sports.  Multitudes of high school seniors who have signed scholarship papers with colleges easily get out of them when they\u2019re drafted into MLB and go pro immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The terms \u201csigned\u201d and \u201ccommitted\u201d are basically used interchangeably in college baseball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd I\u2019ll always be thankful for the relationships I\u2019ve built and the support I\u2019ve received,\u201d Murphy went on. \u201cThis decision was not made lightly and is in no way a reflection of LSU, its coaches or the program. I have nothing but respect and appreciation for everything they\u2019ve done for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And via the portal, LSU signed No. 5 outfielder Bino Watters of Notre Dame, No. 15 Angel Laya of Oregon and No. 58 Jason Wachs of Tulane. Plus Johnson has been raving about incoming freshmen outfielders Dominic Santarelli, a left-handed hitting 18th round pick from St. Joseph High in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, and Malachi Washington, an 18th round pick from Parkview High in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Washington was ranked as the No. 28 draft prospect by Perfect Game, while Santarelli was No. 45.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBoth of them (Santarelli and Washington) could\u2019ve been drafted higher,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cBut they held themselves in high value and held this opportunity at LSU in high value, and the teams that were interested in drafting them didn\u2019t meet it. And good for the Tigers that that\u2019s the case. And they\u2019re going to be here for three years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is also No. 34 Perfect Game draft prospect outfielder Nathaneal Davis, another left-handed hitter who is headed to LSU after taking his name out of the draft before draft weekend. And Johnson has No. 50 Perfect Game draft prospect in incoming freshman Lucas Nawrocki, a left-handed pitcher and left-handed outfielder\/first baseman who took his name out of the draft after not going in the first four rounds last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LSU baseball coach Jay Johnson has 41 players on his roster at the moment for 2027, and needs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[16533,5,4694,3619,13353,3620,1586],"class_list":["post-755183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-anthony-murphy","tag-baseball","tag-jay-johnson","tag-lsu","tag-lsu-baseball","tag-lsu-tigers","tag-mlb-draft"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116942006428991753","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755183","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=755183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}