
LSU pitcher Gavin Guidry (photo courtesy of LSU Athletics)
LSU pitcher Gavin Guidry will not pitch this season as he’ll undergo back surgery on Friday. Coach Jay Johnson made the announcement following the team’s ten to three win over McNeese last night. Johnson says they wanted to get the junior right-hander on the mound this season, but at least he should be ready for 2026.
“The recovery, which was positive, is much shorter than we thought. It’s about a 3-to-4-month recovery, so the anticipation is he should be able to pitch next year,” Johnson said.
Guidry has the most experience on LSU’s staff pitching in SEC games, so he was an important piece to this season. But the Lake Charles native never pitched this season after sustaining a back injury in February. Johnson says despite treatments and medicine, they could not get him healthy enough to pitch.
“I think there’s some piece of mind now, but we’re trying to get him back. He was trying to get back, and then kind of last week it just got to ‘can’t do it,'” Johnson said.
LSU will begin an SEC series tomorrow night against Alabama.
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