Ranking The Top 100 Transfers In College Baseball For 2024
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After more than 1,000 players entered their name into the transfer portal and found new homes, it was time to try and make sense of all the madness by ranking the top 100 transfers in the country.
This ranking is based on a number of factors: how the player projects as a prospect, their track record and the impact they will have at their new school.
RANK | NAME | POSITION | OLD SCHOOL | NEW SCHOOL | 2023 STATS |
1 | Braden Montgomery | OF/RHP | Stanford | Texas A&M | .336/.461/.611, 14 2B, 17 HR, 61 RBI |
2 | Chase Burns | RHP | Tennessee | Wake Forest | 5-3, 4.25 ERA, 114 K, 72 IP |
3 | Seaver King | IF | Wingate (D-II) | Wake Forest | .411/.457/.699, 20 2B, 11 HR, 53 RBI |
4 | Billy Amick | INF | Clemson | Tennessee | .413/.464/.773, 17 2B, 13 HR, 63 RBI |
5 | Wehiwa Aloy | SS | Sacramento State | Arkansas | .376/.427/.662, 15 2B, 14 HR, 46 RBI |
6 | Payton Tolle | 1B/LHP | Wichita State | TCU | .311/.361/.538, 9 2B, 13 HR, 50 RBI / 9-3, 4.62 ERA, 97 K, 85.2 IP |
7 | Cannon Peebles | C | North Carolina State | Tennessee | .352/.456/.697, 11 2B, 12 HR, 50 RBI |
8 | Luke Holman | RHP | Alabama | LSU | 7-4, 3.67 ERA, 87 K, 81 IP |
9 | Colby Shelton | SS | Alabama | Florida | .301/.419/.729, 10 2B, 25 HR, 51 RBI |
10 | Mason Molina | LHP | Texas Tech | Arkansas | 6-2, 3.67 ERA, 108 K, 83.1 IP |
11 | Justin Loer | LHP | Xavier | LSU | 6-3, 1.89 ERA, 63 K, 57 IP |
12 | Sawyer Hawks | RHP | Air Force | Vanderbilt | 4-0, 2.84 ERA, 70 K, 50.2 IP |
13 | Gage Jump | LHP | UCLA | LSU | Did not pitch in 2023. |
14 | Eldridge Armstrong | RHP | San Diego State | Texas A&M | 5-1, 3.24 ERA, 46 K, 41.2 IP |
15 | Ali Camarillo | SS | Cal State Northridge | Texas A&M | .371/.421/.611, 15 2B, 7 HR, 44 RBI |
16 | Treyson Hughes | OF | Mercer | Mississippi | .387/.504/.604, 15 2B, 11 HR, 52 RBI |
17 | Jayden Davis | 2B | Samford | Vanderbilt | .358/.452/.542, 13 2B, 9 HR, 38 RBI |
18 | Alex Lodise | SS | North Florida | Florida State | .306/.369/.607, 14 2B, 16 HR, 63 RBI |
19 | Luke Hill | SS | Arizona State | Mississippi | .314/.389/.456, 11 2B, 6 HR, 42 RBI |
20 | Liam Doyle | LHP | Coastal Carolina | Mississippi | 3-1, 4.15 ERA, 69 K, 56.1 IP |
21 | Hudson White | C | Texas Tech | Arkansas | .296/.397/.550, 10 2B, 11 HR, 49 RBI |
22 | Levi Huesman | LHP | Coastal Carolina | Vanderbilt | 1-4, 9.36 ERA, 33 K, 33.2 IP |
23 | Dalton Bargo | C | Missouri | Tennessee | .279/.380/.442, 6 2B, 5 HR, 23 RBI |
24 | Elijah Hainline | 2B | Washington State | Oregon State | .337/.431/.615, 12 2B, 12 HR, 39 RBI |
25 | Kolby Branch | SS | Baylor | Georgia | .326/.430/.509, 17 2B, 6 HR, 41 RBI |
26 | Deric Fabian | SS | Florida | Auburn | .290/.386/.447, 2 HR, 10 RBI |
27 | Kennedy Jones | OF | UNC-Greensboro | South Carolina | .357/.445/.598, 14 2B, 14 HR, 43 RBI |
28 | Nick Mitchell | OF | Western Illinois | Indiana | .354/.454/.568, 17 2B, 4 HR, 24 RBI |
29 | Cade McGee | 3B | Gonzaga | Texas Tech | .293/.430/.587, 4 2B, 6 HR, 20 RBI |
30 | Khal Stephen | RHP | Purdue | Mississippi State | 7-4, 5.21 ERA, 66 K, 76 IP |
31 | Andrew Fischer | 1B/3B | Duke | Mississippi | .289/.404/.595, 12 2B, 11 HR, 33 RBI |
32 | Mac Bingham | OF | Arizona | LSU | .360/.432/.573, 20 2B, 10 HR, 51 RBI |
33 | Drew Faurot | SS | Central Florida | Florida State | .252/.342/.510, 9 2B, 15 HR, 51 RBI |
34 | Nate Snead | RHP | Wichita State | Tennessee | 1-2, 3.16 ERA, 53 K, 42.2 IP |
35 | Danny Corona Jr. | IF | Wake Forest | Missouri | .285/.361/.609, 10 2B, 13 HR, 45 RBI |
36 | Sebastian Gongora | LHP | Wright State | Louisville | 10-1, 3.17 ERA, 89 K, 93.2 IP |
37 | Brody Donay | C | Virginia Tech | Florida | .260/.352/.585, 4 2B, 12 HR, 38 RBI |
38 | Derek Clark | LHP | Northwood (D-II) | West Virginia | 10-2, 2.78 ERA, 104 K, 103.2 IP |
39 | Chuck Ingram | OF | Wichita State | Kansas State | .362/.437/.579, 19 2B, 9 HR, 41 RBI |
40 | Braden Davis | LHP | Sam Houston State | Oklahoma | 5-4, 2.78 ERA, 61 K, 45.1 IP |
41 | Kade Woods | RHP | Alabama | LSU | 4-1, 5.52 ERA, 38 K, 29.1 IP |
42 | A.J. Causey | RHP | Jacksonville State | Tennessee | 5-2, 5.07 ERA, 89 K, 76.1 IP |
43 | Kyler Carmack | RHP | Arkansas State | Mississippi | 5-3, 3.23 ERA, 60 K, 69.2 IP |
44 | Cam Schuelke | RHP | College of Central Florida | Mississippi State | 9-1, 2.09 ERA, 86 K, 60.1 IP |
45 | Josh Kross | 1B | Eastern Michigan | Cincinnati | .376/.433/.651, 18 2B, 15 HR, 70 RBI |
46 | Lucas Mahlstedt | RHP | Wofford | Clemson | 7-2, 2.69 ERA, 68 K, 83.2 IP |
47 | Payton Green | SS | North Carolina State | Georgia Tech | .274/.350/.476, 12 2B, 10 HR, 45 RBI |
48 | Owen Coady | LHP | Pennsylvania | Virginia | 5-3, 2.98 ERA, 79 K, 66.1 IP |
49 | Bobby Alcock | RHP | Gardner-Webb | Alabama | 7-3, 2.51 ERA, 106 K, 89.2 IP |
50 | Cam Jones | OF/LHP | Georgia State | Georgia Tech | .337/.458/.431, 12 2B, 2 HR, 30 RBI / 2-2, 2.04 ERA, 19 K, 17.2 IP |
51 | Cam Leiter | RHP | Central Florida | Florida State | 3-2, 4.92 ERA, 80 K, 56.2 IP |
52 | Shea Sprague | LHP | Elon | North Carolina | 7-3, 2.69 ERA, 82 K, 90.1 IP |
53 | Eddie Micheletti Jr. | OF | George Washington | Virginia Tech | .384/.460/.563, 18 2B, 6 HR, 48 RBI |
54 | Ben Hampton | LHP | West Virginia | TCU | 5-3, 4.45 ERA, 66 K, 85 IP |
55 | Matthew Marchal | RHP | Wofford | Clemson | 11-4, 4.58 ERA, 93 K, 92.1 IP |
56 | Anthony Watts | RHP | Creighton | Iowa | 2-3, 5.15 ERA, 26 K, 43.2 IP |
57 | Karson Ligon | RHP | Miami | Mississippi State | 3-2, 4.80 ERA, 37 K, 50.2 IP |
58 | Jackson Ross | OF | Florida Atlantic | Mississippi | .345/.437/.605, 20 2B, 14 HR, 58 RBI |
59 | Joe Savino | RHP | Elon | Virginia | 5-1, 3.86 ERA, 72 K, 53.2 IP |
60 | Evan Sleight | OF | Rutgers | Alabama | .315/.435/.571, 14 2B, 12 HR, 44 RBI |
61 | Ben Watson | OF | Elizabethtown (D-III) | Virginia Tech | .486/.559/.814, 21 2B, 7 HR, 42 RBI |
62 | Yoel Tejeda Jr. | RHP | Florida | Florida State | 2-0, 5.56 ERA, 11 K, 22.2 IP |
63 | Adam Tellier | UTL | Ball State | Wake Forest | .317/.394/.515, 14 2B, 9 HR, 46 RBI |
64 | Mason Maners | OF | Jacksonville State | Auburn | .346/.462/.595, 12 2B, 12 HR, 45 RBI |
65 | Ian Petrutz | 1B | Maryland | Alabama | .270/.408/.512, 7 2B, 14 HR, 56 RBI |
66 | Ty Wilmsmeyer | OF | Missouri | Arkansas | .311/.380/.482, 10 2B, 7 HR, 25 RBI |
67 | Tyler Switalski | LHP | Gardner-Webb | West Virginia | 8-5, 5.60 ERA, 80 K, 80.1 IP |
68 | Ted Burton | 2B | Michigan | Texas A&M | .301/.414/.565, 14 2B, 13 HR, 45 RBI |
69 | Parks Harber | IF | Georgia | North Carolina | .283/.342/.576, 8 2B, 18 HR, 56 RBI |
70 | Austin Brinling | OF | North Florida | South Carolina | .386/.500/.540, 18 2B, 3 HR, 31 RBI |
71 | Javon Hernandez | SS | Jacksonville State | Auburn | .397/.479/.567, 11 2B, 7 HR, 49 RBI |
72 | Dylan Goldstein | OF | Florida Atlantic | Georgia | .297/.413/.538, 14 2B, 13 HR, 62 RBI |
73 | Dominic Niman | LHP | Central Connecticut State | Kentucky | 12-2, 2.77 ERA, 94 K, 104 IP |
74 | Zane Badmaev | RHP | Tarleton State | Texas A&M | 1-2, 2.81 ERA, 46 K, 32 IP |
75 | Jacob Humphrey | IF | UMass Lowell | Vanderbilt | .317/.421/.523, 8 2B, 9 HR, 29 RBi |
76 | Jace Miner | LHP | Wichita State | Oklahoma | 2-0, 2.05 ERA, 38 K, 44 IP |
77 | Brandt Pancer | RHP | Stanford | Georgia | 3-1, 4.18 ERA, 44 K, 47.1 IP |
78 | Jared Sprague-Lott | IF | Richmond | Arkansas | .314/.440/.583, 13 2B, 13 HR, 43 RBI |
79 | Luke Storm | 1B | Duke | Texas | .259/.354/.492, 14 2B, 13 HR, 51 RBI |
80 | Adam Cecere | OF | Wake Forest | Penn State | .284/.430/.575, 11 2B, 10 HR, 37 RBI |
81 | Ross Lovich | OF | Missouri | Arkansas | .306/.383/.541, 9 2B, 4 HR, 20 RBI |
82 | Ty Good | RHP | College of Charleston | South Carolina | 7-4, 4.26 ERA, 93 K, 82.1 IP |
83 | Hayden Schott | OF | Columbia | Texas A&M | .333/.410/.618, 16 2B, 11 HR, 31 RBI |
84 | Jake Karaba | RHP | Lewis (D-II) | Louisville | 7-2, 1.62 ERA, 119 K, 66.2 IP |
85 | Garrett Pennington | OF | Wichita State | North Carolina State | .307/.372/.560, 12 2B, 15 HR, 55 RBI |
86 | Xavier Martinez | RHP | Cal State Northridge | Southern California | 4-1, 2.29 ERA, 45 K, 35.1 IP |
87 | Michael Dattalo | 3B | Northwestern State | Dallas Baptist | .372/.447/.561, 18 2B, 8 HR, 39 RBI |
88 | Ryan Nicholson | 1B | Cincinnati | Kentucky | .294/.375/.608, 15 2B, 16 HR, 41 RBI |
89 | Slate Alford | 3B | Mississippi State | Georgia | .248/.313/.459, 4 2B, 9 HR, 36 RBI |
90 | Oliver Santos | LHP | Duke | Texas | Did not pitch in 2023. |
91 | Coulson Buchanan | RHP | Wofford | Alabama | 5-4, 5.22 ERA, 91 K, 91.1 IP |
92 | Will Rigney | RHP | Baylor | Texas | 3-3, 4.18 ERA, 42 K, 32.1 IP |
93 | Kevin Karstetter | OF | State College of Florida | Arizona State | .415/.486/.714, 30 2B, 12 HR, 77 RBI |
94 | Logan Kohler | 3B/1B | Memphis | Mississippi State | .330/.404/.574, 13 2B, 11 HR, 34 RBI |
95 | Michael Snyder | 3B | Washington | Oklahoma | .254/.376/.482, 9 2B, 11 HR, 49 RBI |
96 | Parker Noland | 1B/3B | Vanderbilt | South Carolina | .277/.367/.455, 12 2B, 9 HR, 39 RBI |
97 | Nolan Hughes | LHP | Fordham | Xavier | 2-3, 8.12 ERA, 67 K, 47.2 IP |
98 | Adonys Guzman | C | Boston College | Arizona | .239/.370/.284, 3 2B, 7 RBI |
99 | Kassius Thomas | RHP | Duke | Stanford | 0-0, 3.38 ERA, 11 K, 5.1 IP |
100 | Jeffery Heard | OF | Sacramento State | Oregon | .292/.399/.567, 11 2B, 12 HR, 35 RBI |