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Six Auburn baseball players drafted on Day 2 of 2025 MLB Draft

After a stellar career on the Plains, Auburn baseball star Ike Irish is heading to the Baltimore Orioles as the No. 19 overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, becoming the 10th first-round draft pick in program history and the fourth under head coach Butch Thompson’s tutelage. 

A trio of juniors will be joining Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze at next week’s SEC Media Days in Atlanta. 

Former Auburn star big man Johni Broome was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the second round of the NBA Draft on Thursday night as the No. 35 overall pick. 

Just a season removed from an outright regular-season SEC Championship on the hardwood, Auburn basketball will have another gauntlet to go through in the SEC as its conference opponents for the 2025-26 season were announced on Wednesday by the SEC. 

It seemed a near-two-hour weather delay was just what the doctor ordered. 

The fourth-ranked Tigers used strong pitching from starter Andreas Alvarez and 10 runs in two middle innings to surge past North Carolina State 11-1 in the Auburn Regional championship on Sunday night at Plainsman Park. The win marks Auburn’s fourth regional championship under head coach Butch Thompson’s tutelage. 

After giving up four runs in the first three frames, No. 4 Auburn baseball settled in and rode the strong pitching of reliever Carson Myers en route to a 9-5 win over Central Connecticut State in the first round of the Auburn Regional at Plainsman Park.

The NCAA announced the 16 host sites for postseason play on Sunday night, along with the regional seedings and pairings on Monday morning, and Butch Thompson’s Auburn Tigers earned a No. 4 seed, meaning they will host a regional and a super regional if they advance. 

No. 6 seed Auburn baseball dropped its SEC Tournament opener on Thursday, falling 3-2 in the second round to No. 14 seed Texas A&M at the Hoover Met. 

No. 6 Auburn baseball stumbled in its final regular-season series as it dropped two of three games to Ole Miss at Swayze Field for its third SEC series loss of the year. 

After setting a program record for runs scored in an SEC series with 46 over the weekend, No. 6 Auburn kept its foot on the pedal as it cruised past Jacksonville State –  completing the season sweep – in its final midweek game of the regular season at Plainsman Park by way of a 19-1 win over the Gamecocks.

No. 8 Auburn baseball picked up its seventh conference series win of the season – second sweep –  all three games against South Carolina on Thursday and Friday at Plainsman Park. The series win marks six straight for the Tigers over the Gamecocks dating back to 2015. 

Weekend Recap: No. 10 Auburn baseball picks up 2-1 series win over No. 12 Tennessee

The trio of Christian Chatterton, Andreas Alvarez and Ryan Hetzler on the mound paved the way for No. 11 Auburn’s second consecutive midweek shutout in a 3-0 win over Samford on Tuesday night at the Hoover Met. 

Weekend Recap: No. 11 Auburn baseball picks up a 2-1 series win over Mississippi State 

Auburn football hasn’t made much noise in recent years at the NFL Draft, and it remained that way this April as the Tigers saw just three players taken in the draft: Jarquez Hunter, KeAndre Lambert-Smith and Jalen McLeod. 

No. 11 Auburn was just 2-for-22 with runners on base and 1-for-16 with runners in scoring position, leaving a season-high 15 runners stranded on the night but used strong performances on the mound to complete the season sweep of No. 21 Georgia Tech with a 1-0 win on Tuesday night at Plainsman Park.

 No. 8 Auburn baseball was swept by No. 1 Texas over the weekend, suffering its second SEC series loss of the year – both coming by way of the sweep. 

Tied at three apiece in the top of the ninth inning, pinch hitter Lucas Steele blasted a solo-home run over the wall in right field, giving No. 8 Auburn a 4-3 edge over Jacksonville State heading into the home half of the inning that it held on to to secure its sixth-consecutive win on Tuesday night at Jim Case Stadium. 

No. 11 Auburn won its fourth conference series of the year as it swept No. 3 LSU LSU at Plainsman Park over the weekend. It was the first series sweep against LSU since 1988. 

For the first time – maybe ever – Auburn’s wide receiver room could be the most talented group on the offensive side of the ball, and Tigers head coach Hugh Freeze is relying on his receivers to be the catalyst for an offense seeking improvements in his third year at the helm.

Trailing 7-6 in at the start of the eighth inning after the Yellow Jackets put up a five-spot in the sixth inning to take control, No. 11 Auburn struck for three runs to regain its early lead and take down No. 18 Georgia Tech 9-8 on Tuesday night at Russ Chandler Stadium. 

No. 11 Auburn baseball picked up a 2-1 series win over archrival, and eighth-ranked, Alabama over the weekend at Plainsman Park.

3 takeaways for No. 1 seed Auburn’s 79-73 Final Four loss to No.1 seed Florida