BPort Sports' College Baseball Series Picks (Preseason Week 2)

bryanportney01
4 days ago
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Updated: 3 days ago

It's that time of the week! BPort Sports has got you covered with a wide variety of showcased series from all across small college baseball.

Rankings for NCAA Division II teams are based on the NCBWA Preseason 2026 poll.

Rankings for NAIA teams are based on the GoRout NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll.

Rankings for NJCAA teams are based on the rankings of their respective divisions.

Teams in bold denote my pick to win the listed matchup. (Parentheses) denote the team's 2025 record before Thursday’s games.

*Asterisk denotes NJCAA intra-region matchups (denoted by the home team). All other NJCAA matchups are inter-region matchups.

If multiple matchups/series in a conference, series are sorted by Game 1 start time.

Below, you can find a list of our picks for Preseason Week 2.

This Week: 0-0-0

Last Week: 10-3-3

This Season: 10-3-3

2023–2025: 766-525-37

Overall: 776-528-40

All Games are in Eastern Standard Time.

IMPORTANT Check all game times on game day. Times are subject to change.

LS = Live Stats (not a video/audio stream)

All series are Friday-Saturday-Sunday unless otherwise noted.

Away at Home- Small College Series of the Week

Away at Home- Small College Game of the Week

NCAA Division II - Conference Carolinas

No. 2 Central Missouri (48-14) vs. No. 13 North Greenville (45-15) [2:30 PM on Warrensburg Radio/LS]

Saturday single-game.
MLB Winter Invitational

NCAA Division II - Peach Belt

West Alabama (32-25, Gulf South) at Columbus State (30-23) [4pm|2pm|1pm on PBC Sports Network]

No. 1 Tampa (55-10) at Georgia College (30-24) [5pm|2pm|1pm on PBC Sports Network]

NCAA Division II - Sunshine State

North Georgia (41-17, Peach Belt) at Embry-Riddle (25-24) [5pm|2pm|1pm on SSC Digital Network]

No. 5 Catawba (46-14) at Lynn (30-18) [2:00 PM on SSC Digital Network]

Sunday single-game.

Spring Hill (39-14, SIAC) at Florida Tech (24-24) [5pm|12pm|3pm on SSC Digital Network]

Friday single-game, Saturday DH.

NAIA - Continental

Bryan (30-20, Appalachian) at No. 2 Georgia Gwinnett (56-7) [5pm|1pm|4pm on Facebook]

Thursday single-game, Friday DH.

NAIA - Red River

No. 4 Hope International (4-0 in ‘26) at No. 1 LSU Shreveport (2-0 in '26)

[2pm|5pm|3pm|5:30pm]

Dates: Friday DH, Sunday DH
Streaming: YouTube
Location: Pilot Field (Shreveport, LA)
Head-to-Head History:
- LSU Shreveport is 2-0 against Hope International all-time.
- Both games were in the 2025 NAIA World Series.
No. 4 Hope International
- Projected Starting Pitchers:
  - Game 1: LHP Josh Landry (1-0, 1.80 ERA)
  - Game 2: RHP Franky Lopez (1-0, 7.20 ERA)
  - Game 3: LHP Jake Thrift (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
  - Game 4: RHP Nic Cortez (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
- Top Bullpen Pitchers:
  - Saves Leader: RHP Cooper Bagby (1 app, 0.00 ERA, 1 save)
  - Mr. Reliable: RHP Matthew Pinal (1 app, 0.00 ERA, 4 strikeouts)
  - Unhittable: LHP Jayson Thomas (1 app, 0.00 ERA, .000 opponent avg)
- Top Hitters/Runners:
  - Speed Demon: CF Royce Clayton (.467|.529|.667, 2 stolen bases)
  - Heavy Hitter: DH Matthew Pinal (.833|.875|1.500, 2 home runs)
  - On-Base Wiz: UTIL David Allen (.467|.500|.600, 12.5% K rate)
No. 1 LSU Shreveport
- Projected Starting Pitchers:
  - Game 1: RHP Brock Lucas (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
  - Game 2: LHP Evan Gant (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
  - Game 3: TBD.
  - Game 4: TBD.
- Top Bullpen Pitchers:
  - Saves Leader: RHP Calvin Shepherd (1 app, 0.00 ERA, 1 save)
  - Mr. Reliable: RHP Camden Stephens (3 app, 0.00 ERA, 3 strikeouts)
  - Unhittable: RHP Joan Roman (1 app, 0.00 ERA, .167 opponent avg)
- Top Hitters/Runners:
  - Speed Demon: RF Carlos Sanchez (.333|.333|.444, 4 stolen bases)
  - Heavy Hitter: DH/1B Nazir Mendez (.333|.750|1.333, 1 home run)
  - On-Base Wiz: 3B Landon Hunt (.500|.500|.500, 0.0% K rate)

No. 17 Wayland Baptist (1-3 in ‘26) at Our Lady of the Lake (30-23) [1pm|4pm on PrestoSports]

Saturday DH.
Streaming is unconfirmed.

NAIA - Southern States

Indiana Wesleyan (32-22, Crossroads) at Abraham Baldwin (3-0 in ‘26) [1pm|4pm|12pm]

Friday DH, Saturday single-game.
Streaming live on Hudl.

NJCAA Division I - Region 5

No. 2 Blinn (48-15) at No. 7 Weatherford (48-13) [2pm|5pm on TSBN Sports]

Sunday DH.