BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU first baseman Jared Jones was selected Monday in the ninth round (No. 263 overall) of the MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Jared Jones, a first baseman out of LSU, was selected by the Pirates with the 263rd pick on Monday. He was a first-team all-American for the national champion Tigers, batting .323 with 22 homers ...

The Pirates take LSU slugger Jared Jones in the ninth round. Jones is a senior who put up huge exit velocities at the MLB Draft Combine last year but returned to LSU after hitting 28 homers as a ...

• 1B Jared Jones (9th Round, No. 263 overall – Pittsburgh Pirates) • RHP Jacob Mayers (9th Round, No. 268 overall – Boston Red Sox) ...

Eight LSU baseball players were named in June to the 2025 Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll, including pitcher Kade Anderson, outfielder Jake Brown, first baseman Jared Jones, outfielder ...

LSU lost several key members of its 53-15 team, including pitchers Kade Anderson, Anthony Eyanson and Chase Shores, along with sluggers Jared Jones, Daniel Dickinson, Luis Hernandez and Ethan Frey.