With the 2020 college baseball season only eight days away, the SEC announced their coaches preseason poll on Thursday and when it comes to the LSU Tigers, they’ve been tabbed to finish tied for third in the SEC West behind Arkansas, Mississippi State, and Auburn.
The Bayou Bengals also had two representatives in the preseason All-SEC team in Cade Beloso and Daniel Cabrera.
Beloso, a product of River Ridge, La., played in 62 games (58 starts) last season as a freshman, batting .279 (61-for-219) with three doubles, 10 homers, 52 RBI and 30 runs, and he batted .344 (21-for-61) with runners in scoring position.
Cabrera, a Baton Rouge native, played in 59 games for LSU in 2019, batting .284 with 12 doubles, two triples, 12 homers, 50 RBI and 40 runs. The junior will wear the number 8, which is given to the LSU upperclassman who best epitomizes leadership in the Tigers’ program.
LSU will open up the season on February 14th when they host the Indiana Hoosiers with first pitch set for 7 pm.
Below is the SEC Preseason Poll and All-SEC Teams.
2020 SEC Baseball Coaches Preseason Poll
Eastern Division
1. Vanderbilt (9) – 87
2. Florida (3) – 77
3. Georgia (2) – 76
4. Tennessee – 50
5. South Carolina – 48
6. Missouri – 32
7. Kentucky – 22
Western Division
1. Arkansas (5) – 82
2. Mississippi State (4) – 73
T3. Auburn (2) – 67
T3. LSU (3) – 67
5. Texas A&M – 44
6. Ole Miss – 38
7. Alabama – 21
() – First place votes
SEC Champion: Vanderbilt (8), Florida (2), Arkansas (1), Auburn (1), Georgia (1), Mississippi State (1)
2020 SEC Baseball Coaches Preseason All-SEC Team
First Team
- C: Casey Opitz, Arkansas
- 1B: Cade Beloso, LSU*
- 1B: T.J. Collett, Kentucky*
- 2B: Justin Foscue, Mississippi State
- 3B: Austin Martin, Vanderbilt
- SS: Casey Martin, Arkansas
- OF: Daniel Cabrera, LSU
- OF: Alerick Soularie, Tennessee
- OF: Heston Kjerstad, Arkansas
- DH/UTL: Matt Goodheart, Arkansas
- SP: Emerson Hancock, Georgia
- SP: Asa Lacy, Texas A&M
- RP: Tyler Brown, Vanderbilt
Second Team
- C: Ty Duvall, Vanderbilt
- 1B: Josh Hatcher, Mississippi State*
- 1B: Rankin Woley, Auburn*
- 2B: Noah Campbell, South Carolina*
- 2B: Harrison Ray, Vanderbilt*
- 2B: Riley King, Georgia*
- 3B: Tyler Keenan, Ole Miss
- SS: Jordan Westburg, Mississippi State
- OF: Jud Fabian, Florida
- OF: Tyler Gentry, Alabama
- OF: Rowdey Jordan, Mississippi State*
- OF: Zach DeLoach, Texas A&M*
- DH/UTL: Tanner Allen, Mississippi State
- SP: Kumar Rocker, Vanderbilt
- SP: Tanner Burns, Auburn
- RP: Cody Greenhill, Auburn
*Tie (ties are not broken)