Major League Baseball is instituting moratorium periods on when teams can evaluate draft prospects in an attempt to slow the number of young players getting injured.

The Washington Nationals hold the No. 1 pick in Sunday’s MLB amateur draft, a key moment in their rebuilding efforts.

During its rise as a national power in the 1990s, LSU built its identity on prodigious home run numbers.

Kade Anderson pitched a three-hitter in his second straight dominant start, and LSU moved within a win of its second national championship in three years with a 1-0 victory over Coastal Carolina in Game 1 of the College World Series finals.

The NCAA baseball tournament opens Friday with play in 16 double-elimination regionals.