Vanderbilt Baseball Stars Named To All-SEC Preseason Teams; TV Schedule Released

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Enrique Bradfield Jr. Photo: Courtesy of Vanderbilt Athletics

Vanderbilt baseball stars Enrique Bradfield Jr. and Carter Holton continue to be recognized as they have been named to the preseason All-SEC teams.

Bradfield was named to the first team and Holton earned a spot on the second team. The Commodores were picked third in the SEC East behind Tennessee and Florida.

Bradfield was a consensus All-American in his sophomore campaign in 2022. He posted a .317 average with eight home runs and 36 RBIs while leading the SEC and ranking second nationally in stolen bases, going 46-for-46 on the season. He also led the SEC with five triples and earned first team All-SEC honors.

Holton made an immediate impact as a freshman in 2022. The southpaw earned unanimous Freshman All-American recognition as well as Freshman All-SEC. Holton ranked sixth in the SEC with a 3.14 ERA and compiled an 8-4 record with a pair of complete games. His 97 strikeouts were second-most on the team.

Carter Holton. Photo: Courtesy of Vanderbilt Athletics

Fans will have many chances to catch Bradfield, Hoton and the rest of the Vandy boys on television throughout the 2023 season. 10 Vanderbilt baseball games will be televised during the 2023 season on ESPN’s family of networks.

The Commodores will play on ESPNU three times, ESPN2 twice and SEC Network five times. All three games against rival Tennessee will be televised with games two and three appearing on ESPN2. The Ole Miss series along with the Alabama series will also feature multiple televised games. 

The television slate begins March 16 against defending National Champion Ole Miss. Game one will be on ESPNU and the series finale (March 18) will be on the SEC Network. The Commodores return to television April 21-23 for the Tennessee series. Game one will be televised on SEC Network with the final two contests on ESPN2.

Vanderbilt then faces Kentucky on April 30 on the SEC Network before facing Alabama on ESPNU May 4 and on the SEC Network May 5. The road contest at Louisville on May 9 will air on ESPNU. Vandy wraps up the television slate May 12 against Florida on the SEC Network.

All other home games not scheduled for a national broadcast will appear on SEC Network+.

Vanderbilt opens the 2023 season Feb. 17-19 at the College Baseball Showdown in Arlington, Texas. The Dores will kick off the season on Friday against TCU before playing Oklahoma State on Saturday and Texas on Sunday. All three games will be streamed on FloSports.

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