Since 2022, Johnson's first season at LSU, 18 of the Tigers' 26 draft picks have been pitchers. That includes two of four in 2022, eight of 13 in 2023 and eight of nine in 2024. ADVERTISEMENT ...

The Tigers posted a CWS-best 2.60 ERA over five games, and opponents batted .205 and just .145 with runners in scoring position.

National champion LSU Tigers pack punch offensively, but they hang hats on pitching under Johnson During its rise as a national power in the 1990s, LSU built its identity on prodigious home run ...