Where Alabama Baseball Was Picked to Finish in SEC

The 2024 SEC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll was released on Thursday morning.

Alabama baseball enters a new era in 2024 with Rob Vaughn taking over the program. The Crimson Tide returns several players from a season ago that saw the program reach its first Super Regional in over a decade while Vaughn also brought in several players from the transfer portal. 

The 2024 SEC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll was released on Thursday morning, and the Crimson Tide was picked to finish fourth in the West behind Arkansas, LSU and Texas A&M. 

Relief pitcher Alton Davis III was the only Crimson Tide player represented on the Coaches Preseason All-SEC teams as a second-team selection. 

2024 SEC Baseball Coaches Preseason Poll

Western Division 

1. Arkansas (9) – 87 
2. LSU (5) – 82 
3. Texas A&M – 68
4. Alabama – 47 
5. Auburn – 46 
6. Ole Miss – 32 
7. Mississippi State – 23 

Eastern Division 

1. Florida (11) – 88 
2. Tennessee (2) – 75 
3. Vanderbilt (1) – 73 
4. South Carolina – 50 
5. Kentucky – 44 
6. Georgia – 36 
7. Missouri – 19

SEC Champion: Arkansas (9), LSU (3), Florida (2)

Coaches Preseason All-SEC Team

First Team

C: Cole Messina, South Carolina
1B: Jac Caglianone, Florida
2B: Cade Kurland, Florida
3B: Tommy White, LSU
SS: Colby Shelton, Florida
OF: Jace LaViolette, Texas A&M
OF: Ethan Petry, South Carolina
OF: Kendall Diggs, Arkansas
DH/UTL: Ike Irish, Auburn
SP: Hagen Smith, Arkansas
SP: Drew Beam, Tennessee
RP: Brandon Neely, Florida

Second Team

C: Devin Burkes, Kentucky
1B: Charlie Condon, Georgia
2B: Christian Moore, Tennessee
3B: Billy Amick, Tennessee
SS: Jonathan Vastine, Vanderbilt
OF: Braden Montgomery, Texas A&M
OF: Dakota Jordan, Mississippi State
OF: Bobby Peirce, Auburn
DH/UTL: Hayden Travinski, LSU
SP: Jac Caglianone, Florida
SP: Carter Holton, Vanderbil
RP: Alton Davis II, Alabama

Rob Vaughn's First Alabama Team Has Potential to Go Far