The LSU Tigers are coming off a historic year which saw them win their eighth National Championship in program history. Kade Anderson was a candidate to go first overall to the Washington Nationals, but after firing their general manager a week before the draft,

Yost only weighed about 115 pounds as a freshman at Sickles High School in Tampa, Florida. His physical tools as a baseball player took a bit longer to develop, so it resulted in Yost having an emphasis on his technique and his discipline at the plate. It’s what attracted the Tigers to select the now 6-foot, 170-pound shortstop.