HawgBeat - Arkansas Baseball 2024 Offseason Roster Tracker
HawgBeat provides a look at how Arkansas baseball's roster is shaping up for the 2025 season.
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The time for offseason roster-building is upon the Arkansas baseball team following the end of its 2024 campaign, and the process will only be escalated after the NCAA transfer portal window opened Monday.
Arkansas is expected to lose a good chunk of starting production both on the mound and in the field, something head coach Dave Van Horn spoke about Sunday.
"We’re going to lose almost all our players again for the third year in a row," head coach Dave Van Horn said on Sunday.
"Really, since 2021, we’ve had to almost start over. You have a couple of freshmen and maybe one or two sophomores that have shown some stuff, but we’ve lost our complete outfield again. They’ll all be gone.
"Going to lose your second baseman. I don’t think the first baseman will be back.
Starting catcher’s gone. Starting third baseman graduates. Your whole rotation will probably go if they get an opportunity. I could go on and on. I think about it every day. It’s just the way it is. It’s the way it is these days."
Though the time to enter the transfer portal closes on July 2, it's not the only tool the Razorbacks will use this offseason. The 2024 MLB Draft is slated to start on July 14, and Arkansas has its eyes on some prospects hoping they don't hear their names called.
"We’re going to get hit in the draft," Van Horn said. "Last year the draft killed us, absolutely killed us. We lost four freshmen last year that would’ve been freshmen on this team. They got $11 million total for all four of them. You’re just hoping to get a couple of them or just get one of them, and we didn’t get any of them.
"That’s our battle. We know it. We’ve got some good young guys in the program that are going to get better and gain some experience. But we’ve got to get more. We’ve got to have more. So we’ll be working hard."
With all of that said, below is an in-depth breakdown of the roster, including who the top draft prospects are, who is out of eligibility and who still has eligibility. The year classification for each player is based on what Arkansas Athletics lists them as on the official roster.
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Out of eligibility
~ OF Ty Wilmsmeyer
~ INF/OF Jack Wagner
~ INF Jared Sprague-Lott
~ OF Ross Lovich
~ C Hudson Polk
~ INF/OF Peyton Holt
~ RHP Koty Frank
~ C Parker Rowland
~ LHP Stone Hewlett
~ OF Hunter Grimes
~ 1B Ben McLaughlin
Entered transfer portal
Coming soon...
Incoming transfers
Coming soon...
JUCO transfers
~ OF Justin Thomas, Florida Southwestern State
.393/.514/.699, 58 GP, 86 H, 14 HR, 21 2B, 2 3B, 49 RBI, 44 BB, 52 K, 35 SB
~ INF Brent Iredale, New Mexico J.C.
.441/.576/1.000, 58 GP, 83 H, 25 HR, 22 2B, 4 3B, 78 RBI, 47 BB, 32 K, 24 SB
~ INF Carson Schrack, Coffeyville C.C.
.348/.435/.478, 57 GP, 70 H, 2 HR, 16 2B, 2 3B, 42 RBI, 26 BB, 20 K, 13 SB
~ OF Kolton Reynolds, Crowder C.C.
.369/.475/.644, 62 GP, 86 H, 10 HR, 24 2B, 5 3B, 68 RBI, 38 BB, 62 K, 6 SB
High School Signees
~ RHP Carson Wiggins
~ SS Tyson Lewis
~ LHP Cole Gibler
~ SS Gabe Fraser
~ RHP Lance Davis
~ RHP Wade Mountz
~ OF Brenton Clark
~ RHP Tag Andrews
~ C Zane Becker
~ C Carson Willis
~ OF Eli Lovich
~ RHP Kel Busby
~ RHP Eli Crecelius
~ LHP Jackson Farrell
~ RHP Ross Felder
~ SS Tyler Holland
~ OF Sam Lee
~ LHP Luke Williams
~ RHP Charlie Sundall
Position players with remaining eligibility
Position Players
| Name, Position | Year (for 2025 season) |
|---|---|
| Nolan Souza, INF | Sophomore |
| Kendall Diggs, OF | Senior |
| Hudson White, C | Senior |
| Wehiwa Aloy, INF | Junior |
| Peyton Stovall, INF | Senior |
| Jayson Jones, INF/OF | Junior |
| Reese Robinett, INF | Redshirt Sophomore |
| Will Edmunson, OF | Senior |
| Ty Waid, INF/OF | Redshirt Freshman |
| Ryder Helfrick, C | Sophomore |
| Kade Smith, OF | Redshirt Freshman |
* - transfer
Pitchers with remaining eligibility
Pitchers
| Name | Year (for 2025 season) |
|---|---|
| Jaewoo Cho, RHP | Redshirt Freshman |
| Gabe Gaeckle, RHP | Sophomore |
| Mason Molina, LHP | Senior |
| Brady Tygart, RHP | Senior |
| Tate McGuire, RHP | Sophomore |
| Dylan Carter, RHP | Redshirt Senior |
| Hunter Dietz, LHP | Sophomore |
| Hagen Smith, LHP | Senior |
| Diego Ramos, RHP | Redshirt Freshman |
| Parker Coil, LHP | Junior |
| Jake Faherty, RHP | Senior |
| Colin Fisher, LHP | Sophomore |
| Tucker Holland, LHP | Redshirt Freshman |
| Ben Bybee, RHP | Junior |
| Will McEntire, RHP | Graduate Senior |
| Gage Wood, RHP | Junior |
| Christian Foutch, RHP | Junior |
| Cooper Dossett, RHP | Junior |
| Jack Smith, LHP | Redshirt Freshman |
| Josh Hyneman, RHP | Redshirt Sophomore |
| Adam Hachman, LHP | Redshirt Freshman |
* - transfer
