The NCAA baseball transfer portal officially closed on July 2, and the Arkansas Razorbacks have been very active to this point in the portal.
Arkansas added its 10th Division I portal addition Monday night in East Carolina left-handed pitcher Zach Root, who is the No. 5 overall player in the portal, per 64Analytics. Since the portal opened June 3, the Razorback have had just five players enter.
Head coach Dave Van Horn and his staff have addressed plenty of needs, but more still remain. Still, the transfer class is shaping up nicely and currently ranks third nationally, according to 64Analytics.
“You’ve got to be able to hit it over their heads, you’ve got to hit some home runs, you’ve got to have some power,” Van Horn said Wednesday. “But you need some athletes in there that can steal a bag and steal a bag when everybody knows you’re going to steal.
“We’re working on that so it’s definitely something like we feel we’re addressing. Again, we’ve got to get these kids to show up and then we’ve got to deal with, in some cases, the draft, because some of these kids are older. For the most part it looks like we’re going to get these new guys and some of these young guys and a couple of JUCO guys.”
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
Entered transfer portal
~ OF Hunter Grimes
2022-23: .185/.368/.259, 19 GP, 5 H, 1 3B, 7 RBI, 9 BB, 14 K
~ OF Jayson Jones - Oklahoma State
.194/.301/.403, 23 GP, 14 H, 3 2B, 4 HR, 17 RBI, 8 BB, 26 K
~ OF Kade Smith
N/A
~ OF Will Edmunson
.241/.362/.333, 39 GP, 21 H, 5 2B, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 11 BB, 12 K
~ LHP Adam Hachman
N/A
Incoming transfers (2024 stats)
~ DH Kuhio Aloy, BYU
.269/.329/.447, 52 GP, 53 H, 8 HR, 9 2B, 1 3B, 39 RBI, 20 BB, 62 K
~ OF/INF Charles Davalan, FGCU
.290/.417/.520, 56 GP, 64 H, 10 HR, 17 2B, 2 3B, 38 RBI, 29 BB, 35 K
~ OF Logan Maxwell, TCU
.335/.447/.482, 46 GP, 57 H, 3 HR, 12 2B, 2 3B, 25 RBI, 30 BB, 23 K
~ LHP Landon Beidelschies, Ohio State
4.15 ERA, 6-7 W/L, 84.2 IP, 71 H, 39 ER, 91 K, 31 BB, .231 BAA
~ OF Rocco Peppi, Fresno State
.327/.392/.602, 56 GP, 69 H, 16 2B, 14 HR, 56 RBI, 7 BB, 28 K
~ RHP Aiden Jimenez, Oregon State
2023: 5.68 ERA, 5-2 W/L, 38.0 IP, 43 H, 24 ER, 35 K, 7 BB, .283 BAA
~ OF Carson Boles, Lincoln Memorial (DII)
475/.572/.863, 50 GP, 87 H, 24 2B, 1 3B,15 HR, 68 RBI, 40 BB, 18 K
~ INF Michael Anderson, Rhode Island
252/.411/.574, 47 GP, 39 H, 9 2B, 1 3B,13 HR, 41 RBI, 26 BB, 48 K
~ LHP Zach Root, East Carolina
3.56 ERA, 6-2 W/L, 68.1 IP, 56 H, 30 R, 27 ER, 21 BB, 76 K, .228 BAA
~ 2B Camden Kozeal, Vanderbilt
.284/.349/.439, 43 GP, 24 R, 42 H, 8 2B, 5 HR, 28 RBI, 14 BB, 32 K
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
~ INF Trenton Rowan, Seward County C.C.
.403/.510/.765, 35 GP, 48 H, 10 HR, 11 2B, 1 3B, 41 RBI, 14 BB, 15 K, 2 SB
~ C Elliott Peterson, Southeast C.C.
.517/.585/.894, 59 GP, 107 H, 15 HR, 21 2B, 6 3B, 91 RBI, 35 BB, 35 K, 25 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