LSU Baseball LHP Kade Anderson Selected No. 3 Overall in 2025 MLB Draft by Mariners

Originally posted on LSU Tigers on SI | By Zack Nagy | Last updated Jul 13, 2025 6:25 PM ET

LSU left-handed pitcher Kade Anderson has been selected No. 3 overall by the Seattle Mariners in the 2025 MLB Draft.

Anderson, a Louisiana native, is coming off of a historic season in Baton Rouge after leading the Tigers to a National Championship victory in 2025.

The 6-foot-2 southpaw was named the Most Outstanding Player as LSU captured its eighth baseball national championship.

“Growing up, I always wanted to be an LSU guy,” Anderson said. “I’ve been wearing LSU clothes since I was a baby. It meant so much to me to be in that scenario to be able to represent LSU in the World Series.”

For the year, the left-hander recorded a 12-1 record with a 3.18 ERA and 180 strikeouts (No. 1 in the nation) in 119 innings (tops in the SEC).

Opponents hit just .211 against him and he walked just 35 batters on his way to a monumental season with the Tigers.

BREAKING: #LSU LHP Kade Anderson has been selected No. 3 overall by the Seattle Mariners in the 2025 MLB Draft.

Anderson is coming off of a historic 2025 campaign in Baton Rouge:

- 119.0 IP
- 180 K’s
- 3.18 ERA
- 1st Team All-American
- 1 National Title

Now, No. 3 overall. pic.twitter.com/VjZodIPsJN
— Zack Nagy (@znagy20) July 13, 2025

“He’s the best player in the country,” LSU coach Jay Johnson said. “There’s nobody closer to the major leagues than that right now.”

The First Team All-SEC selection started LSU’s opening game at the College World Series where he went seven innings of three-hit ball.

Anderson allowed just one run while striking out seven batters as the Tigers defeated No. 3 Arkansas, 4-1.

In Game 1 of the College World Series Finals against Coastal Carolina, with the Chanticleers program entering the series with a 26-game winning streak, he turned in one of the best games of his career.

Anderson threw a complete-game shutout, allowing just three hits and striking out 10 in a 1-0 victory which put LSU in the driver’s seat for a title in 2025.

“As a pitcher, our job is to get zeroes,” Anderson said when asked about the pressure of a 1-0 College Word Series game. “I had to do what I usually do.

"I put trust in my teammates and coaches, sometimes baseball is like that, it’s a funny game, you never know what’s going to happen so I always just believe in my guys; I wouldn’t have been there without them.”

Now, he's off to join the Seattle Mariners organization to begin his professional career after a historic run with the LSU Tigers under Jay Johnson.