Baseball: Texas picked second in SEC preseason poll

[Jeff Howe]

Also, there were five Longhorns named to the preseason All-SEC team:

 

[Jeff Howe]

LSU is the preseason pick to win the conference, FWIW.

The order of finish preseason team are voted on by the league’s coaches.

[CJ Vogel]

SEC Preseason Baseball rankings:

• 1. LSU (9)
• 2. Texas (1)
• 3. Miss State (3)
• 4. Arkansas (2)
• 5. Auburn
• 6. Tennessee
• 7. Florida
• 8. Vanderbilt
• 9. Georgia
• 10. Ole Miss
• 11. Kentucky
• 12. Alabama
• 13. Texas A&M
• 14. Oklahoma
• 15. South Carolina
• 16. Missouri

[Hornio]

A&M is 13th in the league and 25th in the D1 national poll!  Going to be brutal in the SEC this year

[.45s]

Interesting to see Burns getting a lot of love from the polls and critics.

[CJ Vogel]

23 minutes ago, Hornio said:

A&M is 13th in the league and 25th in the D1 national poll!  Going to be brutal in the SEC this year

Always will be! But great baseball is ahead!

[Alex Butler]

I’m hoping the Tigers fall hard this season. I don’t believe they will, but hopeful. 

[AZ Longhorn]

3 hours ago, .45s said:

Interesting to see Burns getting a lot of love from the polls and critics.

One of my main takeaways from the *alumni game: remembering just how lively his arm is. Absolutely electric, and categorically "just different" even from guys pumping 95. In 40-degree weather, no less. 

Edited 1 hour ago by AZ Longhorn

[.45s]

34 minutes ago, AZ Longhorn said:

One of my main takeaways from the *alumni game: remembering just how lively his arm is. Absolutely electric, and categorically "just different" even from guys pumping 95. In 40-degree weather, no less. 

Yeah, he looked really good. I thought the pitchers that came out for the most part looked very good.