#22 Eric Reyzelman Season 2025
2022 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
MLB Draft: 5th Round in 2022 (New York Yankees)
Transfer pitcher from the University of San Francisco who pitched the 2022 season at LSU and was selected in the fifth round of the MLB Draft by the New York Yankees … signed with the Yankees in the summer of 2022.
2022 Season
Made 29 relief appearances for the Tigers, posting a 1-3 record and a 4.04 ERA in 42.1 innings with 18 walks, 66 strikeouts and three saves … dominant relief appearance on May 19 at Vanderbilt, firing 3.2 shutout innings with no hits, one walk and six strikeouts; threw a season-high 56 pitches in the outing … brilliant relief outing on May 6 at Alabama, recording four strikeouts in 1.2 scoreless innings with no hits … earned save vs. UL Lafayette (April 19), working 2.1 shutout innings with no hits, one walk and three strikeouts … relieved starter Ma’Khail Hilliard in the seventh inning of Game 1 at Mississippi State (April 8) with two runners on and no outs, and he brilliantly pitched out of the jam with a groundout and two strikeouts to keep LSU’s deficit at 2-1 in an eventual 5-2 win for the Tigers … worked a total of 1.2 scoreless innings over two appearances in the Mississippi State series, allowing no hits with two walks and three strikeouts … pitched 2.2 scoreless innings in two appearances vs. Auburn (March 31, April 2), with no walks and five strikeouts … struck out six of the eight batters he faced to earn his first career LSU win on March 15 vs. Tulane; Reyzelman entered the game in the fourth inning and allowed no hits and one walk with six strikeouts in 2.1 shutout innings … earned his first save of the season on March 12 vs. Bethune-Cookman by working the final three innings, allowing only two hits with no walks and seven strikeouts.
At San Francisco (2020-21)
Made 21 appearances with 13 starts in two seasons at the University of San Francisco … posted a 5-4 career record with a 5.72 ERA and 56 strikeouts in 50.1 innings … underwent Tommy John surgery in March of 2020 and returned to the mound just 10 months later … posted a 3-3 mark and a 6.17 ERA in 2021 (16 appearances/10 starts) with 39 strikeouts in 35 innings … recorded a 2-1 mark and a 4.70 ERA in the COVID-shortened 2020 season, appearing in five games (three starts) and firing 17 strikeouts in 15.1 innings … made his collegiate career debut at Cal State Northridge on the second day of the 2020 season, throwing 1.2 innings of shutout ball and only giving up two hits … made his first career start versus UC Davis on February 18, 2020, throwing five shutout innings and striking out six with only three hits allowed … earned the series-clinching victory at Cal State Fullerton (3/1/20) with a quality start, throwing six innings and striking out eight while only walking one.
High School
Attended De La Salle High School in the East Bay … won four straight East Bay Athletic League titles and four consecutive North Coast Section champions during his tenure at DLSHS … as a senior in 2019, he was nearly perfect, going 8-0 with a 0.55 ERA, all as a relief pitcher … held opponents to just a .140 batting average and had a near-3-to-1 strikeouts-to-walks ratio with 74 Ks against 25 walks in 50.2 innings.
Personal
Full name is Eric Michael Reyzelman … parents are Alex and Victoria Reyzelman … Dad is a podiatrist, Mom is a chiropractor … has two brothers, Ethan Reyzelman and David Gory … Eric’s brother, David, played tight end at Fresno State … Eric plays the piano and is fluent in the Russian language … on what influenced him to attend LSU: “The incredible history, unmatched fan base, and the best coaching staff in the country!” … born June 27, 2001, in San Ramon, Calif.
Reyzelman’s LSU Career Highs
Innings: 3.2 at Vanderbilt (5/19/22)
Strikeouts: 7 vs. Bethune-Cookman (3/12/22)
Hits Allowed: 3 three times, most recently at Southern Miss (6/6/22)
Runs: 4 vs. Ole Miss (5/15/22)
Earned Runs: 4 vs. Ole Miss (5/15/22)
Walks: 3 vs. Louisiana Tech (3/23/22)