LSU baseball pitcher Grant Fontenot selected by Kansas City Royals

After three years with LSU baseball, Grant Fontenot is heading to the next level. The Kansas City Royals selected the right-handed pitcher in the tenth round with pick No. 299 in the 2026 MLB Draft on Sunday. The slot value of the pick is $195,600.

Fontenot played five years of college baseball, three of which were in Baton Rouge. He redshirted at LSU in 2022 then played a season apiece at McLennan Community College and Texas before returning to the Tigers in 2025. He was a part of the national championship team then stuck around for another season.

The six-foot-three righty hails from Lafayette, LA. Fontenot posted a 4.18 ERA through 21 appearances, including four starts. He picked up 42 strikeouts over 32.1 innings of mostly relief work in 2026. It was the heaviest workload of his college career at the Power Four level.

With the 299th pick in the 2026 MLB Draft, the Kansas City Royals select Grant Fontenot!@grant_fontenot | @Royalspic.twitter.com/mREDRhCNC8

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Fontenot became the fourth former Tiger from the 2026 squad to be taken in the draft. He follows Derek Cruiel (No. 5 overall to the Pittsburgh Pirates), Jake Brown (No. 65 overall to the Seattle Mariners) and Deven Sheerin (No. 128 overall to the Philadelphia Phillies).

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