Welcome to the offseason Diamond Hog fans!
Arkansas is expected to lose multiple everyday starters in the field and in the pitching staff, so Dave Van Horn and company will have a lot of work to do in the transfer portal.
We'll use this thread to keep things updated, and info. will be added to the OP as needed. Enjoy!
Offseason Roster Tracker: https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/arkansas-baseball-2024-offseason-roster-tracker
July 18th:
July 12th:
July 10th:
July 8th:
July 7th:
July 5th:
My vacation is now over peeps. Here's a quick summary of where we're at:
July 1st:
June 30th:
June 27th:
June 26th:
June 25th:
Updates around the SEC (as of 7/8):
LSU - No. 1:
~ RHP Jacob Mayers, Nicholls - No. 15
~ RHP Luke Hayden, Indiana State - No. 24
~ DH Dalton Beck, UIW - No. 26
~ RHP Deven Sheerin, Mount St. Mary's - No. 38
~ 1B Luis Hernandez, Indiana State - No. 60
~ RHP Zac Cowan, Wofford - No. 68
~ RHP Chandler Dorsey, USF - No. 144
~ 1B Edward Yamin IV, Dayton - No. 213
~ CF Chris Stanfield, Auburn - No. 225
~ RHP Connor Benge, DBU - No. 985
Georgia - No. 2:
~ 2B Ryan Black, UT Arlington - No. 18
~ 3B Ryland Zaborowski, Miami (OH) - No. 39
~ RHP Brian Curley, VCU - No. 51
~ RF JoJo Jackson, Georgia State - No. 63
~ 2B Christian Adams, Florida Atlantic - No. 106
~ CF Robbie Burnett, UNC Ashville - No. 129
~ LHP Alton Davis II, Alabama - No. 185
~ C Daniel Jackson, Wofford - No. 199
~ INF Charlie Jones, Air Force - No. 227
~ 1B Brennan Hudson, Georgia State - No. 240
~ RHP Eric Hammond, USC - No. 371
~ RHP JT Quinn, Ole Miss - No. 641
~ DH Justin Byrd, USK Aiken - No. 1,822
~ RHP Davis Chastain, Georgia State - No. 2,015
~ LHP Bradley Stewart, Eastern Kentucky - No. 2,485
Arkansas - No. 3:
~ LHP Zach Root, ECU - No. 5
~ LHP Landon Beidelschies, Ohio State - No. 6
~ OF Logan Maxwell, TCU - No. 34
~ OF Rocco Peppi, Fresno State - No. 36
~ 2B/OF Charles Davalan, FGCU - No. 49
~ SS Maximus Martin, Georgia State - No. 166
~ 1B Michael Anderson, Rhode Island - No. 183
~ RF Carson Hansen, Milwaukee - No. 306
~ OF Carson Boles, Lincoln Memorial - No. 377
~ DH Kuhio Aloy, BYU - No. 733
~ RHP Aiden Jimenez, Oregon State - No. 882
Kentucky - No. 4:
~ C Raphael Pelletier, Kansas State - No. 42
~ DH Cole Hage, Columbia - No. 82
~ RHP Ryan Verdugo, CSU Bakersfield - No. 89
~ RF Jackson Strong, Canisius - No. 146
~ RHP Nic McCay, South Dakota State - No. 163
~ RHP Scott Rouse, Radford - No. 200
~ LHP Ethan Walker, Longwood - No. 218
~ RHP Oliver Boone, Cal - No. 309
~ SS Trent Youngblood, Transylvania - No. 312
~ LHP Cole Hentschel, Richmond - No. 513
~ RHP Chase Alderman, Eastern Kentucky - No. 606
Mississippi State - No. 8:
~ RHP Travis Smith, Kentucky - No. 19
~ DH Noah Sullivan, USC Upstate - No. 29
~ RHP Chase Hungate, Virginia - No. 56
~ 3B Gehrig Frei, North Alabama - No. 137
~ RHP Jacob Pruitt, Indiana State - No. 194
~ OF Ace Reese, Houston - No. 253
~ SS Sawyer Reeves, The Citadel - No. 285
~ 1B Reed Stallman, Campbell - No. 339
Auburn - No. 13:
~ C Lucas Steele, Samford - No. 31
~ RHP Samuel Dutton, LSU - No. 44
~ LF Bristol Carter, East Carolina - No. 134
~ RHP Mason Koch, Creighton - No. 229
~ SS Eric Snow, South Florida - No. 256
~ RHP Ryan Hetzler, Cal Baptist - No. 505
~ 2B Andrew Dutton, Birmingham-So. - No. 585
~ LF Jett Johnston, Texas A&M - No. 2,484
South Carolina - No. 16:
~ CF Dalton Mashore, Saint Mary's - No. 83
~ SS Henry Kaczmar, Ohio State - No. 121
~ DH Nolan Nawrocki, Clemson - No. 320
~ RHP Caleb Jones, Winthrop - No. 366
~ LHP Jarvis Evans, Georgia - No. 463
~ 3B Charlie Meglio, Campbell - No. 703
~ C Max Kaufer, Texas A&M - No. 1,774
~ LHP Ashton Crowther, Miami - No. 1,828
~ LF Nathan Hall, Clemson - No. 2,499
~ LHP Wyatt Evans, Tennessee - No. 3,315
Alabama - No. 17:
~ C Brady Neal, LSU - No. 16
~ 1B Jason Torres, Miami - No. 23
~ RHP Aeden Finateri, Georgia Tech - No. 33
~ DH Carson Ozmer, Penn - No. 41
~ 3B Garrett Staton, Samford - No. 64
~ C Nathan Cmeyla, Dartmouth - No. 329
~ RHP Trent Hodgdon, USC Upstate - No. 379
Vanderbilt - No. 22:
~ LHP Joseph Dzierwa, Michigan State - No. 10
~ 2B Mike Mancini, James Madison - No. 71
~ RHP Cody Bowker, Georgetown - No. 76
~ RF Koby Kropf, USC Upstate - No. 206
~ RHP Connor Fennell, Dayton - No. 249
~ LF David Mendez, Dayton - No. 416
~ RHP Tommy O'Rouke, Stanford - No. 3,971
Florida - No. 24:
~ LF Blake Cyr, Miami (FL) - No. 22
~ RHP Michael Ross, Samford - No. 61
~ RHP Billy Barlow, Clemson - No. 78
~ CF Kyle Jones, Stetson - No. 351
~ 2B Justin Nadeau, Jacksonville - No. 369
~ DH Landon Stripling, Texas Tech - No. 811
Ole Miss - No. 41:
~ RF Ryan Moerman, Illinois - No. 90
~ RF Mitchell Sanford, New Orleans - No. 111
~ RHP Will McCausland, Saint Joseph's - No. 171
~ C Collin Reuter, BYU - No. 232
~ SS Luke Cheng, Illinois State - No. 1,451
Texas A&M - No. 51:
~ 1B Gavin Kash, Texas Tech - No. 8
~ 3B Wyatt Henseler, Penn - No. 94
~ 1B Matt Bergevin, Fairfield - No. 157
~ C Jacob Galloway, USC - No. 228
Tennessee - No. 100:
~ SS Gavin Kilen, Louisville - No. 4
~ RHP Tanner Franklin, Kennesaw State - No. 373
Missouri - No. 104:
~ RHP Jackson Holmes, Saint Louis - No. 154
~ CF Sean Barnett, Wingate - No. 293
~ RF Pierre Seals, Memphis - No. 297
Rankings courtesy of 64analytics
Arkansas is expected to lose multiple everyday starters in the field and in the pitching staff, so Dave Van Horn and company will have a lot of work to do in the transfer portal.
We'll use this thread to keep things updated, and info. will be added to the OP as needed. Enjoy!
Offseason Roster Tracker: https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/arkansas-baseball-2024-offseason-roster-tracker
July 18th:
- Milwaukee OF Carson Hansen plans to decommit from Arkansas
July 12th:
- Vandy 2B Camden Kozeal is a HOG
July 10th:
- Can confirm that Arkansas is going after Vandy 2B Camden Kozeal.
July 8th:
- Yavapai College INF Riley Nelson began his visit Monday, and will wrap things up Tuesday night.
July 7th:
- JUCO catcher Elliott Peterson is a HOG
July 5th:
My vacation is now over peeps. Here's a quick summary of where we're at:
- Arizona State 2B Ethan Mendoza, SCC C Elliott Peterson and Yavapai College INF Riley Nelson are all names to watch
- Mendoza is visiting Texas on Saturday and announcing commitment same day, also considering Oklahoma
- Hogs are likely done with arms, unless there's a perfect fit (like Corpus Christi transfer and Arkansas native Matthew Watson)
- Arkansas has the No. 2 class in the portal per 64analytics
July 1st:
- ECU LHP Zach Root is a HOG
June 30th:
- Arkansas will host Arizona State 2B Ethan Mendoza on Tuesday
- Arkansas will host SCC catcher Elliott Peterson on July 7
June 27th:
- I can confirm that Southest Community College catcher Elliott Peterson has talked with Nate Thompson and is planning on visiting early in July. Across 51 games and 176 at-bats, he slashed .557/.612/.938 with 98 H, 19 2B, 6 3B, 12 HR and 75 RBI. 26 BB and 25 K. Also stole 21 bases. Only made two errors. Believe it's the same league as Hutchinson CC.
June 26th:
- Division II slugger Carson Boles is a HOG
June 25th:
- Fresno State OF Rocco Peppi is a HOG
- Oregon State RHP Aiden Jimenez is a HOG
Updates around the SEC (as of 7/8):
LSU - No. 1:
~ RHP Jacob Mayers, Nicholls - No. 15
~ RHP Luke Hayden, Indiana State - No. 24
~ DH Dalton Beck, UIW - No. 26
~ RHP Deven Sheerin, Mount St. Mary's - No. 38
~ 1B Luis Hernandez, Indiana State - No. 60
~ RHP Zac Cowan, Wofford - No. 68
~ RHP Chandler Dorsey, USF - No. 144
~ 1B Edward Yamin IV, Dayton - No. 213
~ CF Chris Stanfield, Auburn - No. 225
~ RHP Connor Benge, DBU - No. 985
Georgia - No. 2:
~ 2B Ryan Black, UT Arlington - No. 18
~ 3B Ryland Zaborowski, Miami (OH) - No. 39
~ RHP Brian Curley, VCU - No. 51
~ RF JoJo Jackson, Georgia State - No. 63
~ 2B Christian Adams, Florida Atlantic - No. 106
~ CF Robbie Burnett, UNC Ashville - No. 129
~ LHP Alton Davis II, Alabama - No. 185
~ C Daniel Jackson, Wofford - No. 199
~ INF Charlie Jones, Air Force - No. 227
~ 1B Brennan Hudson, Georgia State - No. 240
~ RHP Eric Hammond, USC - No. 371
~ RHP JT Quinn, Ole Miss - No. 641
~ DH Justin Byrd, USK Aiken - No. 1,822
~ RHP Davis Chastain, Georgia State - No. 2,015
~ LHP Bradley Stewart, Eastern Kentucky - No. 2,485
Arkansas - No. 3:
~ LHP Zach Root, ECU - No. 5
~ LHP Landon Beidelschies, Ohio State - No. 6
~ OF Logan Maxwell, TCU - No. 34
~ OF Rocco Peppi, Fresno State - No. 36
~ 2B/OF Charles Davalan, FGCU - No. 49
~ SS Maximus Martin, Georgia State - No. 166
~ 1B Michael Anderson, Rhode Island - No. 183
~ RF Carson Hansen, Milwaukee - No. 306
~ OF Carson Boles, Lincoln Memorial - No. 377
~ DH Kuhio Aloy, BYU - No. 733
~ RHP Aiden Jimenez, Oregon State - No. 882
Kentucky - No. 4:
~ C Raphael Pelletier, Kansas State - No. 42
~ DH Cole Hage, Columbia - No. 82
~ RHP Ryan Verdugo, CSU Bakersfield - No. 89
~ RF Jackson Strong, Canisius - No. 146
~ RHP Nic McCay, South Dakota State - No. 163
~ RHP Scott Rouse, Radford - No. 200
~ LHP Ethan Walker, Longwood - No. 218
~ RHP Oliver Boone, Cal - No. 309
~ SS Trent Youngblood, Transylvania - No. 312
~ LHP Cole Hentschel, Richmond - No. 513
~ RHP Chase Alderman, Eastern Kentucky - No. 606
Mississippi State - No. 8:
~ RHP Travis Smith, Kentucky - No. 19
~ DH Noah Sullivan, USC Upstate - No. 29
~ RHP Chase Hungate, Virginia - No. 56
~ 3B Gehrig Frei, North Alabama - No. 137
~ RHP Jacob Pruitt, Indiana State - No. 194
~ OF Ace Reese, Houston - No. 253
~ SS Sawyer Reeves, The Citadel - No. 285
~ 1B Reed Stallman, Campbell - No. 339
Auburn - No. 13:
~ C Lucas Steele, Samford - No. 31
~ RHP Samuel Dutton, LSU - No. 44
~ LF Bristol Carter, East Carolina - No. 134
~ RHP Mason Koch, Creighton - No. 229
~ SS Eric Snow, South Florida - No. 256
~ RHP Ryan Hetzler, Cal Baptist - No. 505
~ 2B Andrew Dutton, Birmingham-So. - No. 585
~ LF Jett Johnston, Texas A&M - No. 2,484
South Carolina - No. 16:
~ CF Dalton Mashore, Saint Mary's - No. 83
~ SS Henry Kaczmar, Ohio State - No. 121
~ DH Nolan Nawrocki, Clemson - No. 320
~ RHP Caleb Jones, Winthrop - No. 366
~ LHP Jarvis Evans, Georgia - No. 463
~ 3B Charlie Meglio, Campbell - No. 703
~ C Max Kaufer, Texas A&M - No. 1,774
~ LHP Ashton Crowther, Miami - No. 1,828
~ LF Nathan Hall, Clemson - No. 2,499
~ LHP Wyatt Evans, Tennessee - No. 3,315
Alabama - No. 17:
~ C Brady Neal, LSU - No. 16
~ 1B Jason Torres, Miami - No. 23
~ RHP Aeden Finateri, Georgia Tech - No. 33
~ DH Carson Ozmer, Penn - No. 41
~ 3B Garrett Staton, Samford - No. 64
~ C Nathan Cmeyla, Dartmouth - No. 329
~ RHP Trent Hodgdon, USC Upstate - No. 379
Vanderbilt - No. 22:
~ LHP Joseph Dzierwa, Michigan State - No. 10
~ 2B Mike Mancini, James Madison - No. 71
~ RHP Cody Bowker, Georgetown - No. 76
~ RF Koby Kropf, USC Upstate - No. 206
~ RHP Connor Fennell, Dayton - No. 249
~ LF David Mendez, Dayton - No. 416
~ RHP Tommy O'Rouke, Stanford - No. 3,971
Florida - No. 24:
~ LF Blake Cyr, Miami (FL) - No. 22
~ RHP Michael Ross, Samford - No. 61
~ RHP Billy Barlow, Clemson - No. 78
~ CF Kyle Jones, Stetson - No. 351
~ 2B Justin Nadeau, Jacksonville - No. 369
~ DH Landon Stripling, Texas Tech - No. 811
Ole Miss - No. 41:
~ RF Ryan Moerman, Illinois - No. 90
~ RF Mitchell Sanford, New Orleans - No. 111
~ RHP Will McCausland, Saint Joseph's - No. 171
~ C Collin Reuter, BYU - No. 232
~ SS Luke Cheng, Illinois State - No. 1,451
Texas A&M - No. 51:
~ 1B Gavin Kash, Texas Tech - No. 8
~ 3B Wyatt Henseler, Penn - No. 94
~ 1B Matt Bergevin, Fairfield - No. 157
~ C Jacob Galloway, USC - No. 228
Tennessee - No. 100:
~ SS Gavin Kilen, Louisville - No. 4
~ RHP Tanner Franklin, Kennesaw State - No. 373
Missouri - No. 104:
~ RHP Jackson Holmes, Saint Louis - No. 154
~ CF Sean Barnett, Wingate - No. 293
~ RF Pierre Seals, Memphis - No. 297
Rankings courtesy of 64analytics