South Carolina Baseball 2026 Season Preview: Predictions & Players To Watch

Southeastern 16’s Graham Doty and Chris Lee preview South Carolina for the 2026 college baseball season. Topics include: It’s a Year 2 reset under coach Paul Mainieri, who went about as heavily into the transfer portal to reset the roster as did any coach in the SEC. The Gamecocks' lineup will be built around returnees KJ Scobey, Beau Hollins and a health Talmadge LeCroy, to which they add transfers Ethan Lizama, Dawson Harmon, Logan Sutter, Reese Moore, Jake Randolph, Tyler Bak and Luke Yuhasz. The Gamecocks build their staff around a big-time pro prospect in lefty Jake McCoy, and Brandon Stone, another returnee who flashed big moments a year ago and reliever Parker Marlatt. Transfer Amp Phillips should slot into the rotation as might Alex Philpott, Josh Gunther and Bradley Hodges, with Josh Gregoire, Cullen Horowicz and others perhaps playing key roles out of the bullpen. &COLLAR Stretchy. Wrinkle-proof. Built to look sharp. Welcome to Workleisure. Use promo code SEC16 for 16% off! https://andcollar.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.