On 12-5-24, MLB.com posted t heir top 100 prospects in the upcoming
draft. Beginning 2-2-25, we will post it in backward order, ending with the
pick for 1.1
https://www.mlb.com/prospects/2025/draft/ -
#44 Kade Anderson
LHP Louisiana State
20/years old
6' 2" 179
Scouting grades: Fastball: 55 | Curveball: 55 | Slider: 60 |
Changeup: 50 | Control: 50 | Overall: 50
Anderson had Tommy John surgery in April 2022 and missed his
Louisiana high school senior season the following spring. Louisiana State eased
him back into action last year as a midweek starter and weekend reliever, and
he was lights out coming out of the bullpen in the postseason. Ticketed for the
Tigers' conference rotation in 2025, he's one of the top left-handers and
sophomores in the college crop.
Anderson's fastball plays better than its average velocity
(sitting 91-94 mph, touching 96) because it carries past bats up in the strike
zone. He used an upper-70s downer curveball as his main breaking pitch as a
freshman but since has switched to a high-spin mid-80s slider that has all the
makings of a plus pitch. He also employs a mid-80s changeup with fade and sink
that should become at least an average offering as he uses it more often.
With a quick arm and athletic delivery, Anderson should
provide plenty of strikes. There's still projection remaining in his slender
6-foot-2 frame, and an uptick in stuff could make him a No. 2 starter. He also
comes with a high floor as a lefty with four effective offerings and
pitchability.
2-26-25 –
MLB mock draft 2025: Projecting first round for 2025 MLB
Draft
https://sportsnaut.com/mlb/mlb-analysis/lists/mlb-mock-draft-2025/
22. Atlanta Braves: Kade Anderson, LHP, LSU
The Atlanta Braves know how to develop pitchers, and LSU’s
Kade Anderson would be a classic fit. In 18 games (nine starts) his freshman
season in 2024, Anderson struck out 59 across 38 1/3 innings, whiffing 13.9
batters per nine innings to go along with a 3.99 ERA. However, he did walk 20
and had a 1.513 WHIP. He has really good stuff with a mid-90s fastball but
needs to work on his control. The Braves could help him do that.
12-23-24 - Top 50 college baseball prospects for 2025
MLB draft, per D1Baseball
27 Kade
Anderson LHP LSU
https://lsusports.net/sports/bsb/roster/player/kade-anderson/ -
2024 Season
• Recorded an outstanding freshman season for the Tigers,
making 18 appearances (nine starts) and posting a 4-2 mark with a 3.99 ERA and
59 strikeouts in 38.1 innings
• He was especially effective in the postseason, working 2.1
scoreless innings over two NCAA Chapel Hill Regional appearances on the same
day (June 2 vs. Wofford and North Carolina) with two hits, one walk and six
strikeouts
• Made two appearances in SEC Tournament (May 25-26), working
1.2 scoreless innings with one hit, one walk and three strikeouts
• Defeated Nicholls (April 23), pitching the first 4.0
innings and allowing no runs on two hits with two walks and two strikeouts
• Posted a win over McNeese on April 9 as a starting pitcher,
firing 3.0 scoreless innings with one hit, no walks and four strikeouts
• Fired a career-best 13 strikeouts in 5.0 innings at
Southeastern Louisiana on March 6
Prior to LSU
• Ranked as the No. 2 overall player in Louisiana by Perfect
Game for Class of 2023
• Ranked in 2023 as the No. 19 left-handed pitcher and the
No. 130 overall player in the nation by Perfect Game
• Posted a 0.22 career ERA at St. Paul’s High School in
Covington, La., logging a 28-1 W-L record and 212 strikeouts … also batted .418
in high school with 120 hits, including nine home runs
• A three-time All-State and four-time All-District selection
at St. Paul’s HS, and he earned player of the year honors in St. Tammany Parish
… an honor roll student who excelled in the classroom
https://lsutigerswire.usatoday.com/2023/07/08/lsu-baseball-kade-anderson-withdraws-2023-mlb-draft/ -
Kade Anderson helped ease Jay Johnson’s mind Friday night by
announcing he was removing his name from the draft and would follow Dylan
Crews’ footsteps by going to school.
Anderson was ranked as the No. 2 player overall and the No. 2
left-handed pitcher in the state of Louisiana. He was ranked as the No. 130
prospect in the nation and the No. 19 left-handed pitcher in the country. Those
numbers will get you looks in the draft, but Anderson chose to go to the bayou
instead.
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