SEC Coaches Pick LSU To Win The West, But Finish 2nd In The Conference

The LSU Tigers were picked to win the SEC West but finished in second place in the conference behind Vanderbilt, as voted by the league's 14 head coaches in the annual preseason poll released Thursday.

LSU outfielders Antoine Duplantis and Daniel Cabrera were both named to the 2019 SEC Baseball Coaches Preseason All-SEC Second Team.

2019 SEC Baseball Coaches Preseason Poll:

Eastern Division:
Vanderbilt (9) - 87
Florida (4) - 81
Georgia (1) - 68
South Carolina - 53
Tennessee - 40
Kentucky - 30
Missouri - 26

Western Division:
LSU (10) - 88
Ole Miss (1) - 65
Arkansas (1) - 59
Auburn (1) - 57
Texas A&M (1) - 48
Mississippi State - 47
Alabama - 21
() - First place votes

SEC Champion: Vanderbilt (6), LSU (5), Florida (2), Arkansas (1)

2019 SEC Baseball Coaches Preseason All-SEC Team:

First Team:
C: Philip Clarke, Vanderbilt
1B: Cole Zabowski, Ole Miss
2B: Austin Martin, Vanderbilt*
2B: Noah Campbell, South Carolina*
3B: Aaron Schunk, Georgia
SS: Casey Martin, Arkansas
OF: Heston Kjerstad, Arkansas
OF: Dominic Fletcher, Arkansas
OF: Jake Mangum, Mississippi State
DH/UTL: T.J. Collett, Kentucky
SP: Tanner Burns, Auburn
SP: Zack Thompson, Kentucky
RP: Matt Cronin, Arkansas

Second Team:
C: Mason Meadows, Georgia
1B: Tanner Allen, Mississippi State
2B: LJ Talley, Georgia
3B: Tyler Keenan, Ole Miss
SS: Braden Shewmake, Texas A&M
OF: JJ Bleday, Vanderbilt
OF: Antoine Duplantis, LSU
OF: Daniel Cabrera, LSU
DH/UTL: Aaron Schunk, Georgia*
DH/UTL: Chase Cockrell, Ole Miss*
SP: John Doxakis, Texas A&M
SP: Tyler Dyson, Florida
RP: Parker Caracci, Ole Miss

*Tie (ties are not broken)