RHP JACOB MAYERS (NICHOLLS TO
LSU)
LSU lost a few arms to the MLB Draft as expected, but they still have plenty of incoming talent, including Jakob Mayers, who makes his way to campus from Nicholls. His fastball is explosive as it has a ton of spin, giving it lots of carry in the zone. It’s averaged 91-95 MPH, but has topped out at 97 MPH.
He utilized his fastball at extremely high rates last year, but still generated a decent amount of Whiff with it and put in insane strikeout numbers as he punched out 106 batters in 70.2 innings. He did the same thing in his freshman year, striking out 105 batters in 75.2 innings.
The next step for
Mayers is going to be really developing his secondary pitches to give him more
weapons. He’s flashed a decent slider that with some polish could r.be a very
good second pitch for Mayers.
https://geauxcolonels.com/sports/baseball/roster/jacob-mayers/6159
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6-5
Weight 205
Hometown Gonzales, La.
Highschool St. Amant
2024
-- ABCA/Rawlings All-South Region Second Team (Starting
Pitcher)
2023
-- College Baseball Foundation Pitcher of the Year
Semifinalist
-- National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA)
National Freshman Pitcher of the Year
-- NCBWA Freshman All-American First Team
-- D1Baseball Freshman All-American First Team
-- Baseball America Freshman All-American First Team
-- Perfect Game/Rawlings Freshman All-American
-- Collegiate Baseball Freshman Pitcher of the Year
-- Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American
-- ABCA/Rawlings All-South Region
-- Southland Freshman of the Year
-- All-Southland First Team (Starting Pitcher)
-- Southland All-Tournament
-- LSWA Freshman of the Year
-- LSWA All-Louisiana First Team
-- Tuscaloosa Regional All-Tournament
-- Southland Pitcher of the Week (2/27)
2024 Season (Sophomore): Followed up a stellar freshman
campaign with a Southland-leading 106 strikeouts and a .165 opponent batting
average...ranked third I n the NCAA in hits per nine (4.97) and 15th in Ks per
nine (13.50)...went 5-1 with a 4.58 ERA in 70.2 innings, fanned a season-high
12 batters against New Orleans in 6.1 innings, and had 10 Ks against
Southeastern and Lamar... Mayers struck out an SLC-best 60 batters with a .150
average in league play...named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-South Region Second
Team.
Jacob Mayers was cut from his high school baseball team his
freshman year and didn’t start pitching until his senior year at St. Amant.
Things you wouldn’t have believed when he caught the
attention of the college baseball world in Nicholls’ matchup with Alabama in
the 2023 Tuscaloosa Regional.
Mayers gave the Crimson Tide more than they bargained for,
throwing 5.2 innings with eight strikeouts in what would be a 4-3 walk-off win
for Alabama.
Still, the start capped off a phenomenal freshman campaign
for Mayers who went 9-1 with a 2.02 ERA and 105 strikeouts in 75.2 innings of
action.
Mayers was named the 2023 Southland Conference Freshman of
the Year
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