LSU ended its 2025 season with its second national championship in three seasons, further establishing itself as the dominant dynasty in the sport. With two titles under his belt, Jay Johnson is back on the recruiting trail, looking to re-stock his roster for the 2026 season and beyond.



With a team littered with young talent and transfers, Johnson showed he can put together a winner quickly and now is tasked with doing it once again.



“I knew we had really good players coming back, it just wasn’t a lot of volume,” Johnson said of the 2024 offseason. “In 2023, we had 13 players drafted and that was an SEC record, not just an LSU record. Last year, we had eight pitchers drafted, another SEC record, and that’s a lot to replace over a two-year period — and maybe that’s why I’m just so proud of this team. This is a completely different team. As far as putting it together, I felt we were a little bit short last year, and it wasn’t by much, to win any type of game. I went and did what I did to give us the opportunity to do this. Sometimes it doesn’t work out, but we hit on the right players that were 1000 percent the right people. You can’t [win a championship without all of that. Feel very lucky and fortunate these dudes picked us. What a season.”



Last year, the balance of transfer portal and transfers was the perfect mix for Johnson to maximize their potential and now he’s ready to do it again with already a large class of freshmen and sophomores. 



Here’s a rundown of the confirmed departures and additions so far. Several draft-eligible players will be making decisions in the coming weeks as well, which will be added here if they are heading to the MLB Draft.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-lsu-departures">LSU departures</h2>



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Michael Braswell — (Out of eligibility)



Josh Pearson — (Out of eligibility)



Luis Hernandez — (Out of eligibility)



Dalton Beck — (Out of eligibility)
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*Transfer departures



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Ashton Larson, 6-foot-2, 200 pounds, OF, Sophomore



Trenton Lape, 6-foot-1, 175 pounds, RHP, Redshirt freshman Trevor Schmidt, 6-foot-1, 225 pounds, INF, Redshirt sophomore Blaise Priester, 6-foot-1, 220 pounds, C, Redshirt junior David Hogg II, 6-foot-2, 195 pounds, INF, Freshman Ryan Costello, 6-foot-3, 203 pounds, INF, Freshman Dylan Thompson, 6-foot-2, 168 pounds, INF/RHP, Redshirt Freshman Chandler Dorsey, 6-foot-4, 231 pounds, RHP, Junior -> UCF Mic Paul, 5-foot-10, 195 pounds, OF, Redshirt Sophomore Michael Ryan, 6-0, 195, INF, Freshman Kade Woods, 6-3, 215, RHP, Redshirt Junior
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-transfer-additions">Transfer additions</h2>



Brayden Simpson, INF, High Point, Junior — .389 average, 22 home runs, 78 RBIs, 24 BB, 14 stolen bases



Seth Darder, INF, Kansas State, Senior — .326 average, 13 home runs, 18 doubles, 45 RBIs, 25 BB



Danny Lachenmayer, LHP, North Dakota State, Sophomore — 24 Games, 38 IP, 2.37 ERA, 56 Ks, 18 BB, .192 opponent BA



Ryler Smart, LHP, Tennessee, R-Freshman — Redshirted freshman season recovering from injury



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-reported-targets">Reported targets</h2>



Landon Mack, RHP, Rutgers — <a href="https://www.on3.com/news/acc-sec-schools-in-mix-for-rutgers-rhp-landon-mack/">Story here</a>



Jarren Advincula, 2B, Cal — <a href="https://www.on3.com/news/college-baseball-transfer-portal-intel-trio-of-sec-teams-battling-for-cals-jarren-advincula/">Story here</a>



Bryce Calloway, 1B/RHP, New Orleans — <a href="https://www.on3.com/news/lsu-baseball-transfer-portal-intel-two-new-names-to-monitor/">Story here</a>



Henry Godbout, INF, Virginia — <a href="https://www.on3.com/news/lsu-baseball-transfer-portal-intel-two-new-names-to-monitor/">Story here</a>

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