re: who are the hot baseball teams this year?

LSU returns a pretty good nucleus although you expect the pitching to slide a bit when you lose a Nola. However the consensus #1 class coming in looked better than expected in Fall Ball. Like many teams, the new balls will mean more offense and judging from the fall games, the Tigers will have some serious offensive pop. Could have two TF in the starting weekend pitching rotation. SEC contenders for sure. We'll have to see how the freshmen gel with the returnees before we call them a CWS contender.