BATON ROUGE, La. – The ninth-ranked LSU baseball team held its annual Media Day activities and opened preseason practice on a cloudy Friday afternoon in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.
LSU, ranked No. 9 in the USA Today preseason poll, returns six players who filled everyday starting roles on last season’s College World Series runners-up team, though the Tigers must replace their entire weekend starting rotation from 2017.
“I think there’s a wide range of what people might think about our team this year because of the newness of our team,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri, who has directed the Tigers to one national championship, five College World Series appearances, four SEC overall titles, six SEC division titles and six SEC tournament championships in 11 seasons.