Southeastern 16’s Graham Doty and Chris Lee speak with Auburn baseball coach Butch Thompson two weeks before the 2025 season. Topics include:

Catcher Ike Irish is a potential first-round bat, and Thompson speaks to the defensive progress he’s made this past offseason.

First baseman Cooper McMurray is one of the SEC’s most underrated players.

A new-look lineup that includes transfers Eric Snow, Bristol Carter and Lucas Steele.

The Tigers had one of their best recruiting classes in recent memory, adding coveted high-school talents like Chris Rembert, Chase Fralic, Christian Chatterton, Jackson Sanders, Connor Atwood and others.

Auburn’s rotation may be headlined by transfers Cade Fisher (Florida) and Sam Dutton (LSU).

Closer Hayden Murphy had a lights-out summer in the Cape Cod League, perhaps making him one of the SEC’s biggest sleepers for the 2025 season.

The Tigers also have plenty of experienced bullpen depth with Dylan Watts, Carson Myers, Conner McBride, Parker Carlson, John Armstrong and Cam Tilly.

Auburn added a useful back-end bullpen piece through the transfer portal in Mason Koch (Creighton), who has closing experience.

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