Tennessee Baseball 2026 Season Preview: Predictions & Players To Watch

Southeastern 16’s Graham Doty, Alfred Ezman and Chris Lee preview Tennessee baseball for the 2026 season. Topics include: The Vols reboot with a mostly-new coaching staff after Tony Vitello Frank Anderson and Quentin Eberhardt bolted for the San Francisco Giants, leaving Josh Elander in charge. Tennessee’s lineup is paced by returnees Reese Chapman, Manny Marin, Levi Clark and Jay Abernathy, with transfers Garrett Wright, Finley Bates, Blaine Brown and Henry Ford also set for significant roles, with freshman Trent Grindlinger also a possibility. Tennessee returns talented arms in Brandon Arvidson, Tegan Kuhns and Brayden Krenzel, to which the Vols added transfers Landon Mack, Evan Blanco, Bo Rhudy and Mark Hindy as well as elite freshman ar Cam Appenzeller and two-way players Evan Hankins and Taylor Tracey. &COLLAR Use promo code SEC16 for 16% off! 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.