LSU starting pitcher Paul Skenes (20) pitches against Mississippi State during an NCAA college baseball game, Friday, May 12, 2023, at Alex Box Stadium on the campus of LSU in Baton Rouge, La. The LSU Tigers enter the NCAA baseball tournament with the top two prospects in this summer's major baseball draft spearheading their postseason push. Centerfielder Dylan Crews is hitting .420 and was named the SEC player of the year. He's the consensus top prospect in this July's amateur draft. Next is 6-foot-6, 247-pound pitcher and Air Force transfer Paul Skenes. The righty throws 100 miles per hour, leads the nation with 167 strikeouts and was named SEC pitcher of the year. (Hilary Scheunuk/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
