The first LSU player selected in the 2018 MLB Draft wasn't one of the expected names. The Colorado Rockies selected Nick Bush in the eighth round Tuesday (June 5).
After more than seven rounds of no current LSU players being taken -- the first time since 2008 no players were taken in the first five rounds -- Bush was picked 246th overall.
Bush told Jacques Doucet of WAFB that he will be signing with the Rockies and ending his LSU career.
The left-handed reliever was often called by LSU coach Paul Mainieri the team's MVP this season.