The Mariners added an elite arm to their already loaded pitching stable Sunday by taking the draft's top-ranked lefty pitcher with the No. 3 overall pick.

He also showed up big time in the biggest game of his life, throwing a complete game shutout in game one of the College World Series vs Coastal Carolina, a series the Tigers would win and Anderson was named MVP.

Greatness has become the norm at LSU baseball lately. Since head coach Jay Johnson's arrival in 2022, the Tigers have won national championships in 2023 and '25. The program has produced 26 Draft picks in those four years,

Mick Nunez was Kade Anderson's high school coach and learned many years ago that Kade was a special baseball talent.