NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference announced the annual baseball preseason coaches poll on Tuesday morning. Georgia Southern was picked third in the East Division by the league's coaches behind defending tournament champion South Alabama and Coastal Carolina.
The Eagles return three weekend starting pitchers including Freshman All-American Seth Shuman. Shuman went 8-0 in nine starts in his freshman season, and has devoted all his time to Baseball entering the 2018 season. Chase Cohen, who led the team with 77 strikeouts last season returns for his junior season along with Brian Eichhorn who fanned 70 in 2017.