LSU has seen a mass exodus of pitchers leaving the baseball program for one reason or another and Jay Johnson is using the transfer portal to restock the cupboard.
Enter Jacob Mayers, a righty flamethrower from Nicholls. Mayers is a Louisiana native, and played high school at St. Amant. In 2023 he earned freshman All-American honors and was named the Southland Conference freshman of the year after posting a 9-1 record with 105 strikeouts and a 2.02 ERA. His signature outing came in the NCAA Tournament as he went toe to toe against Luke Holman and Alabama. Against the Tide in the Tuscaloosa Regional opener, Mayers went 5.