LSU pitcher Kade Anderson is loving the comparisons he’s been getting to former Tigers stars Paul Skenes and Joe Burrow … telling TMZ Sports he considers the two to be “legends.”
The 20-year-old just wrapped up his sophomore season in Baton Rouge with a national championship … and now, many expect him to be the top pick in next month’s MLB draft.
With those predictions, he’s unsurprisingly garnered comps to Skenes and Burrow — two LSU alums who went No. 1 overall in their respective drafts — and he told us on Wednesday he was super flattered to be even mentioned alongside those greats.
“To be in that same conversation,” he said while working a ceremonial shift at a Raising Cane’s in Louisiana, “is really cool. I mean, I grew up watching them play. It’s really exciting.”
Anderson’s coach, Jay Johnson, was one of the first to rope Anderson into the same realm as Burrow and Skenes … calling him “the best player in the country” earlier this month.Play video content
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It won’t be long ’til he gets a chance to prove he’s as good as those LSU stars in the pros … the MLB draft goes down on July 13, and it should be a matter of mere minutes before Anderson’s name is called.
