Clemson baseball will return in less than 80 days, and one Clemson pitcher will be a focal point of how much success the 2026 Clemson Tigers baseball team has.
Returning for his third season with Clemson, Aidan Knaak is a leader on this Clemson baseball team. The right-handed pitcher is getting interest for the 2026 MLB Draft next summer, earning an MLB Draft Board spotlight from Perfect Game.
Coming into his junior season, Knaak has a career 14-2 record with a 3.78 ERA over 173.2 career innings, adding 110 strikeouts over his first two seasons at Clemson.