It's Tuesday again, and we're certainly in store for some college baseball midweek madness.
I've found a trio of teams set to bet tonight, including picks for Tennessee vs. East Tennessee State, Georgia Tech vs. Georgia State and Mississippi State vs. Southern Miss.
Let's dive into my two college baseball picks and NCAA baseball predictions for Tuesday, March 3.
College Baseball Picks, Predictions
The team logos in the table below represent each of the matchups that Action Network's Doug Ziefel is targeting from Tuesday's slate of NCAA baseball games. Click on the team logos for any of the matchups below to navigate to a specific bet discussed in this article.
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Tennessee + Georgia Tech ML Parlay
- Tennessee vs. East Tennessee State (4 p.m. ET · SEC Network+)
- Georgia Tech vs. Georgia State (6 p.m. ET · ESPN+)
We kick things off by taking two teams that are being undervalued and pairing them together.
First, we'll dive into Tennessee, which hosts East Tennessee State. The Vols come to this matchup after a weekend in Texas, where they built some momentum by taking down Arizona State and Virginia Tech after a tough loss to UCLA.
Tennessee's pitching depth was on full display this weekend. The back end of its rotation was crucial to picking up victories, and it will be the difference-maker in this one with Cam Appenzeller likely to get the ball.
The left-handed freshman has been fabulous as a swingman for the Vols, pitching to a 2.00 ERA and a .111 BAA over nine innings of work thus far.
He and excellent arms in the Tennessee bullpen will be tasked with an ETSU lineup that can mash, but the Buccaneers have yet to face many arms of this caliber this season.
ETSU is projected to counter with a freshman lefty of its own in Thomas Costarelli. However, unlike Appenzeller, Costarelli holds a 7.00 ERA and .300 BAA over his nine innings pitched this season.
Costarelli and company won't be able to contain the Vols for long in this one.
For our second leg, we get a rare revenge spot for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
Georgia Tech lost to Georgia State last Tuesday, 9-4, at home, and now it gets a chance to even the season series as the road team.
The Yellow Jackets showed that the midweek loss was just a blip, as their lineup unloaded on Northwestern in the weekend series, outscoring the Wildcats, 44-12, over three games.
Look for the bats to show up and cash our parlay after Tennessee takes care of business.
Pick: Tennessee + Georgia Tech ML Parlay (-148)
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Mississippi State vs Southern Miss Pick
Let's get back one of the hottest teams in the country for the second straight Tuesday: the No. 4 Mississippi State Bulldogs.
If you didn't believe me last Tuesday, you should after this past weekend. Miss State is back.
The Bulldogs picked up two big victories over Arizona State and Virginia Tech before pushing No. 1 UCLA to the brink on Sunday night.
Much of what we talked about last week gives the Bulldogs the edge in this matchup over No. 11 Southern Miss.
USM's lineup is deep and consistent, and the same is true for its pitching depth. However, the Golden Eagles of Hattiesburg haven't had to outslug many teams to this point.
Yes, they have quality wins over Oregon State and Alabama, but their offensive production doesn't inspire the same level of confidence that Mississippi State's does.
Back the Bulldogs to keep rolling.
Pick: Mississippi State ML -130
