INTERVIEW: Butch Thompson Previews Auburn Baseball For 2026...

Auburn baseball coach Butch Thompson joins Southeastern 16 for a discussion about his baseball program. Topics include: Auburn’s successful 2025 campaign, which included a fantastic regular-season resume and a hosting bid. A review of what Thompson saw in fall workouts and scrimmages. The memorable experience of playing with the Savannah Bananas! Auburn’s fantastic freshman trio of Chris Rembert, Bub Terrell and Chase Fralic were great last year and poised for big things in 2026. Cade Belyeu’s working through personal tragedy may have poised him for bigger things. Auburn added two stars in the portal for its lineup in Eddie Madrigal (Saint Mary’s) and Todd Clay (UAB). The Tigers also added impact portal arms in Drew Whalen (Western Kentucky), Jake Marciano (Virginia Tech), Garrett Brewer (Michigan State) and Ethan Harden (Belmont). A bunch of returning arms should help, including talented sophomores Christian Chatterton and Andreas Alvarez, plus, Griffin Graves, Ryan Hetzler, Mason Koch, Jackson Sanders and others. Auburn added talented high-schoolers like Ethan Benjamin, LJ Cormier and more. Thompson’s reflections on the state of the college game. GAMETIME SIDEKICKS Use promo code SE16 for 20% off! http://www.gametimesidekicks.com/ YEARLY CO Use promo code SE16KIT for a free sizing kit! https://yearlyco.com/ ROKFORM Use promo code SEC25 for 25% off! The world's strongest magnetic phone case! https://www.rokform.com/ JOIN OUR MEMBERSHIP Join the "It Just Means More" tier for bonus videos and live streams! Join Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv1w_TRbiB0yHCEb7r2IrBg/join FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/16Southeastern ADVERTISE WITH SOUTHEASTERN 16 Reach out to [email protected] to find out how your product or service can be seen by over 200,000 unique viewers each month! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.