The SEC baseball season starts on Friday. Here’s a look at some of the players I am most excited about watching this season. We have one freshman, one transfer and one returnee that I think are must-see television every time they step in the box.
Freshman – LSU C Omar Serna
One of my first true “welcome to covering LSU” moments I had in this job was last July the night before the first day of SEC Media Days. It was the night of the MLB Draft, and in the midst of making graphics and posts about the players who led LSU to a national championship a month prior in baseball and preparing questions for Brian Kelly and Garrett Nussmeier the next day, Omar Serna’s name popped up.
The significance of a high schooler opting out of the MLB draft was almost as big of a story as any of the other things previously mentioned. With good reason. Serna is a monster, and it will be impossible to keep him off the field this year for Jay Johnson and the Tigers. At 6-foot-2, 226 pounds, he’s a tank, and he absolutely punishes the baseball similar to Jared Jones off the 2023-2025 LSU teams. This offseason the true freshman finished third on the team in most 100+ mph barrels and average exit velocity with 14 and 105.6 mph average.
Most 100+MPH ‘barrels” from both offseason sessions LSU Baseball pic.twitter.com/3oH63DfHqb
— Lester Earl (@LesterEarl3) February 7, 2026
Transfer – Texas OF Aiden Robbins
Robbins is one of the top hitters in college baseball and has been since he stepped foot on campus at Seton Hall. He’s never hit under .300 in college and didn’t make a single error in centerfield last season for the Pirates. He also hit .422 and was one of the most sought after prospects in America via the transfer portal. He took visits to LSU, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, and Georgia before committing to Texas.
What’s most impressive about Robbins is that he’s a pure hitter that travels at any level. Case in point, he led the Cape Cod League in hitting last summer with a .307 average. He also finished second in the league with six home runs and 14 RBI in just 26 games and led the league with a .936 OPS. He should be awesome in this newly revamped outfield for the Longhorns.
OF Aiden Robbins put on an absolute clinic for the @HarwichMariners in the @OfficialCCBL. He slashed .307/.391/.545 with 6 2B, 6 HR, 14 RBI in 26 games winning the Cape batting title.
The former Seton Hall standout committed to Texas in the transfer portal for the 2026 season. pic.twitter.com/2eLZwyHR8S
— The College Baseball Show (@CollegeBSBShow) August 24, 2025
Returnee – Alabama SS Justin Lebron
It’s not a huge limb to go out on to say I’m most excited to watch one of the best players in America this season, but Lebron is must-see television every time he steps to the plate. Lebron can do it all and is consistent in SEC play. He finished top ten in the conference last season in doubles (18), home runs (18), and stolen bases (17). Only six of those 18 home runs came in SEC play. He also recorded at least one hit in 45 of his 59 games a season ago, but of his 14 games where he was held hitless, 11 came in SEC play.
Lebron is a stud and is still a young player entering his true junior season. He needs to cut down on some of the strikeouts, but he’s still a career .333 hitter with 29 career home runs and all five tools in his arsenal.
UA star SS Justin Lebron previews his junior season with @BOL_On3.
“I didn’t come to Alabama to get drafted in the first round. Honestly, I came to Alabama to change what they have here, to create a legacy for many more years to come.”
🔗 https://t.co/m28sanvx9F pic.twitter.com/dfDs0GKSpQ
— Charlie Potter (@Charlie_Potter) February 10, 2026
