With LSU’s run of pitchers over, ironically the first position player off the board from last season’s team hardly ever played a position.
Ethan Frey heard his name called at the tail end of round three of Sunday’s MLB Draft. Frey went 95th overall to the Houston Astros, a mere 2:45 drive from his hometown of Rosepine.
Injuries limited Frey in his first two seasons with the Tigers, but he finally showed what he can do in 2025. Frey hit .331 with 15 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs, 50 RBI and scored 43 runs. In Omaha, Frey scored a team-leading six runs, and had an on-base percentage of .