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College  | Story  | 1/19/2018

Conference Preview: SEC

Vincent Cervino     
Photo: Auburn Athletics




Preseason College Top 25 | Preseason All-American Team | 2018 College Baseball Preview Index

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Predicted Order of Finish

Overall/conference win-loss records from 2017 indicated | * Denotes projected conference automatic bid

East
No. Team W L W L
1 Florida* 52 19 21 9
2 Kentucky 43 23 19 11
3 Vanderbilt 36 25 15 13
4 South Carolina 35 25 13 17
5 Georgia 25 32 11 19
6 Missouri 36 23 14 16
7 Tennessee 27 25 7 21

West
No. Team W L W L
1 Arkansas 45 19 18 11
2 Ole Miss 32 25 14 16
3 LSU 52 20 21 9
4 Texas A&M 41 23 16 14
5 Mississippi State 40 27 17 13
6 Auburn 37 26 16 14
7 Alabama 19 34 5 24


Preseason All-Conference Team
Pos. Name Class School Stats/Notes
C Grant Koch Jr. Arkansas .264-13-42; middle-of-order RH bat w/ thump
1B Julian Infante Jr. Vanderbilt .315-11-66; RH pop, gap-to-gap approach
MIF Braden Shewmake So. Texas A&M .328-11-69; loud tools across board, POY fave
MIF Josh Smith So. LSU .281-5-48; pot. next great LSU SS; good ath.
3B Jonathan India Jr. Florida .274-6-34; pure hitting tools, gap pop
OF Zach Watson So. LSU .317-9-37; lots of twitch, polished hitter
OF Dominic Fletcher So. Arkansas .291-12-37; explosive BS w/ pull power
OF Tristan Pompey Jr. Kentucky .361-10-45; elite athlete, polished skill set
DH Carlos Cortes So. South Carolina .286-12-41; excellent hit tool & barrel skills
UT Jake Mangum Jr. Mississippi State .324-0-26; + runner & athlete, good bat-to-ball 
SP Brady Singer Jr. Florida 3.21, 126 IP, 129:32; mid-90s w/ turbo sink
SP Konnor Pilkington Jr.
 Mississippi State 3.08, 108 IP, 111:47; workhorse, + pitchability
SP Casey Mize Jr.
 Auburn 2.04, 83.2 IP, 109:9; power FB/SPL combo
SP Ryan Rolison
 So.
 Ole Miss 3.06, 61.2 IP, 64:24; polished w/ command
RP Michael Byrne Jr. Florida
 1.67, 75.2 IP, 93:15; + command, closer exp.

Player of the Year: Braden Shewmake, ss, Texas A&M
Pitcher of the Year: Casey Mize, rhp, Auburn
Freshman of the Year: Daniel Cabrera, of, Louisiana State


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