Admission and parking are free for the scrimmages, and fans will be admitted at the Gate 2 home plate entrance of the stadium beginning approximately 15 minutes prior to the first pitch each day.
No. 2 LSU is one of 11 SEC teams appearing in the Baseball America 2026 preseason Top 25, along with No. 3 Mississippi State, No. 5 Auburn, No. 6 Georgia, No. 8 Texas, No. 10 Arkansas, No. 13 Tennessee, No. 16 Ole Miss, No. 17 Vanderbilt, No. 19 Oklahoma and No. 22 Florida.
The luncheon will be held at Noon on Tuesday at The Cannery, 3803 Toulouse Street in New Orleans. The program will feature 11 head coaches from the two- and four-year colleges in southeast Louisiana, including Jay Johnson, the two-time National Coach of the Year who has guided LSU to College World Series titles in 2023 and 2025.
Coach Jay Johnson and the 2026 Fighting Tigers greeted an enthusiastic throng of supporters at the LSU Baseball First Pitch Banquet Thursday night at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The First Pitch Banquet, presented by David Thornton and administered by the Tiger Athletic Foundation, raised a record $500,000 for the LSU Baseball program.
The list includes LSU outfielder Derek Curiel (No. 1), right-handed pitcher William Schmidt (No. 12), right-handed pitcher Casan Evans (No. 14), left-handed pitcher Cooper Williams (No. 45) and catcher Cade Arrambide (No. 54).
The list includes LSU infielder Jack Ruckert (No. 14), outfielder/first baseman Mason Braun (No. 20), catcher Omar Serna Jr. (No. 28), right-handed pitcher Marcos Paz (No. 33), right-handed pitcher Reagan Ricken (No. 46) and outfielder William Patrick (No. 77).
LSU is ranked No. 2 in the 2026 D1 Baseball preseason poll released Monday, representing the Tigers’ second Top 2 ranking this month. LSU is No. 1 in the Perfect Game Baseball preseason poll released last week.
Head coach Jay Johnson, who has directed the Tigers to the 2023 and 2025 National Championships in his four-season LSU tenure, enters his fifth season with a very talented squad that has 19 returning players and 20 newcomers on its roster.
Sophomore outfielder Derek Curiel is a first-team selection, sophomore pitcher Casan Evans was voted to the second team, and senior pitcher Zac Cowan was named to the third team.
