SEC Baseball Tournament 2023: Wednesday Schedule and Bracket Predictions

The 2023 SEC Baseball tournament continues Wednesday with the top four seeded teams in action, headlined by the No. 1 Florida Gators.

Will they be able to maintain their considerable momentum and earn a victory or will a stunning upset leave them on the outside looking in at conference rivals Arkansas, LSU and Vanderbilt?

Find out with this look at Wednesday's slate and early predictions.

Wednesday Schedule

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BATON ROUGE, LA- MARCH 30: LSU Tigers right handed pitcher Paul Skenes (20) warms up before a game between the LSU Tigers and the Tennessee Volunteers at Alex Box Stadium, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on March 30, 2023. (Photo by John Korduner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Scheduled for Wednesday's play are:

• No. 3 LSU vs. No. 6 South Carolina (10:30 a.m., SEC Network) (Prediction: LSU)
• No. 2 Arkansas vs. No. 10 Texas A&M (30 minutes after LSU-SC, SEC Network) (Prediction: Texas A&M)
• No. 1 Florida vs. No. 9 Alabama (5:30 p.m., SEC Network) (Prediction: Florida)
• No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 5 Auburn (30 minutes after FL-AL, SEC Network) (Prediction: Auburn)

Florida Looks to Stay Hot as Top-Seeded Team

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GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - MAY 12: Jac Caglianone #14 of the Florida Gators celebrates with teammates after hitting the game-winning run against the Vanderbilt Commodores at Condron Family Ballpark on May 12, 2023 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)

Florida may be No. 2 in the nation behind Wake Forest, but it sits in the top position entering the SEC Baseball tournament, where it will look to keep momentum on its side with a second-round match against Alabama.

The Gators have a starting rotation that is well-rested, with Hurston Waldrep and Brandon Sproat both on six days' rest. And the same goes for Jac Caglianone, who could be on as much as seven days' rest should he not have to pitch until Saturday.

The decisions made by the coaching staff in regard to those pitchers and when they take the mound could ultimately decide the level of success Florida enjoys in the tournament, but so too could (and likely will) the ability of the teams' offense to keep up what has been red-hot output recently.

It is for the best, too, because they will need to outpace opponents if they continue to give up 4.88 earned runs per outing from its pitching staff, which is not ideal, regardless of how much rest each pitcher has.

The team has averaged nearly seven runs per game in its last six contests, thanks to an explosive offense that has carried it past No. 4 seed Vanderbilt during that stretch.

With Alabama's pitching staff accumulating an ERA of 3.87 and a WHIP of 1.24, the opportunities will be there for the Gators to take advantage and potentially put an early end to the Crimson Tide's tournament stay.