It's almost time for opening weekend at The Box! LSU baseball is the unanimous #1 ranked team in the country and this may be the most highly anticipated LSU baseball season in a long time, which is saying something considering how highly anticipated each season is and has been in recent history.
LSU baseball head coach Jay Johnson answered the question LSU fans have been pondering for weeks: who will be in the starting pitching rotation for opening weekend? Paul Skenes will take the mound on Friday night, which comes to no surprise to anyone familiar with Skenes and his talent. He was a first team All-American in his two seasons at the Air Force Academy before transferring to LSU for the 2023 season. He is projected to be a top five pick in the 2023 MLB Draft and Johnson calls Skenes "one of the best, if not the best" pitchers in the country. Saturday night is reserved for the lefties as Riley Cooper gets the starting nod on day two. Cooper transferred from the University of Arizona last season and saw more work than any other pitcher in LSU's bullpen with 30 appearances. Finally, the shocker comes on Sunday as true freshman Chase Shores will take the mound. Shores was the top RHP in his home state of Texas last year and is a top five RHP prospect in the country.

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