Auburn Baseball In Prime Position To Advance In Regional

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4.6 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Auburn Tigers enter the NCAA Baseball Regional as heavy favorites, with FanDuel setting striking odds for their opening matchup against the Milwaukee Panthers. Can head coach Butch Thompson’s squad live up to the hype and cruise toward a Super Regional berth, or are there surprises in store from UCF or NC State? Zac Blackerby and Montgomery radio legend Darrell Dapprich break down Auburn’s pitching dominance, discuss strategic bullpen management, and analyze why nationally recognized outlets call this the “softest” regional draw for a top seed. The conversation covers UCF’s underrated strength, postseason pitching rotations including Jackson Sanders and Marciano, the impact of Auburn’s rigorous non-conference schedule, and key scenarios for injury management and lineup adjustments. Don’t miss this deep dive into Auburn’s regional outlook, postseason strategy, and what it’ll take for the Tigers to capitalize on their postseason advantage.

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0:00.0	Fandle released the odds for the Auburn Regional and oh my goodness.
0:10.5	You are Locked on Auburn, your daily podcast on the Auburn Tigers.
0:15.5	Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:22.4	Yes, I'm Zach Blackerby.
0:28.1	He is the Montgomery radio legend, Daryl Daprich, the Auburn Regional, just now two days away, Darryl Daprich.
0:31.1	And you look at the makeup of this regional.
0:35.1	Auburn, of course, will play the Milwaukee Panthers to kick off the thing.
0:40.3	And then UCF will take on NC State for that two-verse-three seed.
0:45.5	And obviously the tournament will go on from there.
0:49.0	Auburn is the clear-cut favorite, rightfully so, to win this thing at minus 280, according to our friends
0:55.2	at Fandul.
0:55.8	But, Darrell, minus 3,500 to beat Milwaukee in the opener.
1:02.7	If you win that first game and you put yourself in a situation to take down either
1:08.8	the winner of the winner of UCF and NC State. I think it'll be UCF. A lot of other people think it'll be NC State. Curious your thoughts, Darrell. But if you win those first two games like this is Auburn's to lose. Yeah, I think it's UCF as well. I think they'd be an NC state. And I think, you know, obviously both teams will at that point then throw their number
1:27.8	twos and I just think Auburn's number two number three even number four starter is so
1:33.0	superior to anyone else's in this region that it's a decided advantage so you get that first one out
1:39.5	of the way they should be favored that much I mean that mean, they have earned that right.
1:45.1	This is what it's expected when you're hosting.
1:48.3	And you can set yourself up really, really nicely for the rest of the tournament to kind of cruise.
1:55.1	I mean, you want to come out of a regional on cruise control.
1:58.3	You don't want to sweat.
1:59.6	You want to go into supers with your bullpen having
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