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Five LSU baseball players made D1Baseball's Top 100 college prospects for the 2027 MLB Draft

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If you follow the Tigers, five of them are on D1Baseball.com's Top 100 College Prospects list for the 2027 MLB Draft, LSU reports. Junior outfielder Bino Watters leads the group at No. 13. He played his first two seasons at Notre Dame and was a first-team All-ACC pick in 2026. Crescent City Sports lists the rest: Baton Rouge native William Schmidt at No. 18, Evans at No. 19, Steven Milam at No. 35 and Dawson Park at No. 88.

Bino Watters is the top LSU prospect at No. 13 of 100

D1Baseball.com's Top 100 College Prospects for the 2027 MLB Draft

13thof 100

Watters
Schmidt 18thEvans 19thMilam 35thPark 88th
Schmidt 18thEvans 19thMilam 35thPark 88th
1 Top prospectNo. 100 100

Sources: KLFY, LSUsports.net, Crescent City Sports

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PlaceRank of 100
Watters13th
Schmidt18th
Evans19th
Milam35th
Park88th

Exhibition games are on the schedule this fall, starting with a Halloween game against Samford in Biloxi, Mississippi, KLFY reports. The season starts Feb. 19 in Baton Rouge against Long Island.

  • Watters: .343 with 19 homers and 90 RBI at Notre Dame
  • Schmidt at LSU: 12-4 record, 4.39 ERA in 96.1 innings
  • Milam: 189 games played in his LSU career

Evans struck out 89 in 2026, and Schmidt struck out 85 the season before

4.22Last season's ERA5.93
85Last season's strikeouts89
31Last season's walks31

Sources: LSUsports.net, Crescent City Sports

Sources: LSUsports.net, Crescent City Sports, KLFY

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