Tigers No. 11 in D1 Baseball Preseason Poll

BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU is ranked No. 11 in the 2020 D1 Baseball preseason poll released this week, marking the ninth straight season the Tigers will begin the year among the Top 15 teams in the nation. LSU is also No. 11 in the Collegiate Baseball poll that was released in mid-December.

LSU completed its fall practice session in November, and the team will begin preseason workouts on January 24. The Tigers open the 2020 season at 7 p.m. on Friday, February 14, versus Indiana in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

Aaron Fitt of D1 Baseball gives this assessment of the Tigers in his season preview:

"The time has come for LSU to reap big rewards from bringing in college baseball's best…