BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU pitcher AJ Labas has signed a free agent cope with the Minnesota Twins, and he will probably be assigned to a workforce within the Twins’ minor league group.
Labas, a right-hander from Fleming Island, Fla. made 33 profession appearances (29 begins) at LSU from 2018-21, recording an 11-6 document and a 4.56 ERA with 126 strikeouts in 165.2 innings. He didn’t pitch in the course of the 2019 season as a consequence of a shoulder damage.
Labas graduated from LSU in Might, incomes a level in sport administration.
He recorded a high quality begin in eight of his closing 12 beginning outings in 2021, together with a win over Gonzaga within the NCAA Eugene Regional on June 6. He was voted to the regional All-Match workforce after defeating Gonzaga, limiting the Bulldogs to 4 runs on six hits in eight innings with eight strikeouts.
Labas fired the primary full recreation in three years by an LSU pitcher on April 23 when he defeated ninth-ranked Ole Miss. He restricted Ole Miss – which entered the collection No. 2 within the SEC in workforce batting common – to 2 runs on 10 hits in 9 innings with one stroll and 6 strikeouts. Labas threw a career-high 126 pitches within the win over the Rebels.
Labas’ 126 pitches had been probably the most thrown by an LSU hurler since June 2, 2012, when Kevin Gausman threw 129 pitches in eight innings in opposition to Oregon State within the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional.
Labas’ full recreation at Ole Miss was the primary by an LSU pitcher since April 24, 2018, when Labas himself recorded a nine-inning shutout of Lamar in Baton Rouge.
Labas was named a 2018 Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball newspaper, and he earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors on Might 7, 2018, after defeating fourth-ranked Arkansas in his first profession SEC begin.
LSU pitcher AJ Labas signs free agent deal with Minnesota Twins