2025 College Baseball Transfer Portal Rankings

1. AJ Gracia, OF

• Old school: Duke
• New school: Virginia

Gracia last year cemented himself as one of the premier freshmen in college baseball after hitting .305/.440/.559 with 14 doubles, 14 home runs and 58 RBIs in 60 games. He got off to a sluggish start this spring and was hitting just .188 through April 3. Gracia made a handful of small tweaks to his stance and operation that wound up paying dividends, including lowering his handset, closing off his front side a bit and including less of a bat wrap/hand press in his load. As a result, he was in a far better position to hit and do damage.

Gracia has a pro body and an aesthetically pleasing swing featuring plenty of hand speed. He can drive the baseball to all fields, doesn’t chase—he did so at just an 18% clip this season—and has an advanced feel for the barrel.

Gracia has legitimate top 10 overall upside in next year’s draft.

2. Eric Becker, SS

• Old school: Virginia

Becker this year was the centerpiece of Virginia’s offense and hit .368/.453/.617 with 31 extra-base hits and 52 RBIs across 50 games. He unsurprisingly entered the portal once former Virginia head coach Brian O’Connor took the same job at Mississippi State, and he has yet to commit to a new school.

Becker has a simple setup in the box and a smooth, lefthanded stroke in which he takes a direct path to contact. He has a hitterish look and sprays line drives all over the field. It’s a hit-over-power profile, but Becker has some present thump and has shown a rather impressive ability to drive the baseball into the opposite field gap.

With a has a sound approach to go along with advanced barrel skills, Becker will have the opportunity to stick at shortstop long term, and he has top 15 overall upside in the 2026 draft.

3. Ethan Conrad, OF

• Old school: Wake Forest

Conrad entering the portal is an apparent leverage move, but, as noted above, he’ll be included here until he’s drafted. Though his season was limited to just 21 games due to a shoulder injury, Conrad still managed to hit .372/.495/.744 with eight doubles, seven home runs, 27 RBIs and more walks (18) than strikeouts (14).

Conrad has a simple and quiet setup in the box and a short swing in which he takes a direct path to contact. He has a big league body and has a chance for three above-average tools—hit, power and run—when all is said and done. He is a high-level athlete with an average arm who will get the chance to prove he can stick in center field.

4. Chris Hacopian, SS/3B

• Old school: Maryland
• New school: Texas A&M

Hacopian has one of the more impressive offensive track records of any hitter in his class. He’s produced at every stop—including summer ball—and is fresh off a career year in which he hit .375/.502/.656 with 12 doubles, 14 home runs, 61 RBIs and an eye-popping walk-to-strikeout ratio of 40-to-19.

Hacopian has a strong swing with big-time bat speed and has shown the ability to use the entire field, though his highest quality of contact comes to the pull side. He particularly feasts on heaters, and this spring he ran a 95% contact rate against all fastballs. Hacopian had an overall chase rate of just 20%, and very few of his swings came outside of the “shadow zone.”

A move back to third base isn’t out of the question for Hacopian, but regardless of where he ends up on the diamond, you are buying his bat.

5. Carson Tinney, C

• Old school: Notre Dame
• New school: Texas

After logging just 56 at-bats as a freshman last spring, Tinney enjoyed one of the biggest breakout campaigns of any hitter in the country. The first team all-ACC backstop hit .348/.498/.753 with 13 doubles, 17 home runs and 53 RBIs. At 6-foot-3 and 220 pounds, he is plenty physical with no shortage of natural strength. He has a simple and rhythmic operation in the box with plus bat and hand speed.

Tinney has a pull-heavy approach to go along with plus raw and—most importantly—game power, especially to the pull side. The main area of improvement for Tinney is his ability to pick up spin and see shapes out of the hand. There is some miss and chase against secondaries, though it hasn’t been a hindrance to this point.

While he’s slightly large for the position, Tinney is an advanced defender behind the dish. He has a plus, accurate arm as well as advanced footwork and direction. Tinney possesses high-level catch-and-throw skills, and he figures to stick at the position long term. He very well could be the first catcher of the board next July.

6. Trey Beard, LHP

• Old school: Florida Atlantic
• New school: Florida State

Beard was already ranked in a prominent spot (No. 36) on the first iteration of our 2026 college rankings, but he’ll be much higher than that in our next update. He pitched his way to a 3.14 ERA with an impressive strikeout-to-walk ratio of 118-to-32 across 86 innings. If it wasn’t for Charlotte righthander Blake Gillespie, Beard would have taken home AAC Pitcher of the Year honors.

Beard attacks from a straight over-the-top slot and a tough-to-pick-up 6-foot-9 release height. His fastball sits in the low 90s, but it jumps out of his hand and has plenty of natural carry up in the zone. He does an outstanding job of maintaining arm speed on his plus mid-70s changeup that gets fantastic separation off his heater, and it’s an unbelievably difficult change of pace for opposing hitters. It’s a plus pitch that flashes consistent tumble.

Beard also features a mid-70s curveball that flashes big-time depth and downward bite, as well as a mid-to-upper-70s slider that is distinct in shape with lateral life.

7. Jarren Advincula, 2B

• Old school: California

Advincula enjoyed a standout freshman campaign at Cal that was capped off by an impressive summer in which he took home the Cape League batting title after he hit .392/.448/.446. He didn’t miss a beat this spring and hit .342/.410/.506 with 25 extra-base hits, 33 RBIs and 13 stolen bases.

In what was a bit of a surprising move, Advincula proceeded to enter the portal. Though he has yet to commit, he has a handful of big-time suitors.

Advincula has an ultra-hitterish look in the box with a short, quick swing that is tailored towards spraying line drives to all parts of the field. Advincula has a highly-advanced feel for the barrel to go along with a polished approach. His bat-to-ball skills are comfortably plus, and this spring he ran a 92% in-zone contact rate.

On top of his exciting tools, Advincula’s makeup is an 80.

8. Henry Ford, OF/1B

• Old school: Virginia
• New school: Tennessee

A two-year standout at Virginia, Ford this year hit a career-best .362/.420/.575 with 21 extra-base hits and 46 RBIs. Upon former UVA head coach Brian O’Connor’s departure for Mississippi State— and for added leverage in the draft—Ford entered the portal.

At 6-foot-5 and 225 pounds, Ford has a big league body. He has a rather stiff operation in the box and is an aggressive hitter with enough natural strength to drive the baseball with authority to all parts of the field. Up to this point, most of his home run power—and highest quality of contact—has come to the pull side. Ford struggles to pick up secondaries out of the hand at times, and he also has the tendency to expand the strike zone.

After spending the entirety of his freshman season at first base, Ford this spring logged 34 games in the outfield. He’s a below-average runner and heavy stepper with an average arm, so he profiles best in a corner outfield spot long term.

9. Ryan Wideman, OF

• Old school: Western Kentucky
• New school: Clemson

A transfer from Georgia Highlands College, Wideman generated tons of buzz this spring and posted a gaudy .398/.466/.652 slash line with 36 extra-base hits, 68 RBIs and 45 stolen bases. It’s a little bit of a unique look in the box, and Wideman deploys a high leg lift and a small stride. He has plenty of bat speed and has flashed particular impact to the pull side.

Tools are the name of the game with Wideman. At 6-foot-5 and 215 pounds, he has a high-waisted and athletic frame with present strength. It’s an elite body, and Wideman is a comfortably plus runner—as well as an effective basestealer—who also possesses plus raw power. 

Wideman can go and get it in center field and routinely flashes plenty of range in all directions. There’s an appealing fluidity to his actions on the grass, and he figures to get every chance to stick in center.

Wideman recently committed to Clemson, though he is on track to be selected within the first 3-5 rounds in this year’s draft.

10. Garrett Wright, C

• Old school: Bowling Green
• New school: Tennessee

Wright is fresh off an outstanding sophomore campaign in which he hit .396/.506/.644 with 31 extra-base hits—including 20 doubles—with 48 RBIs and more walks (24) than strikeouts (23). At 5-foot-11 and 185 pounds, he has a prototypical catcher’s build with particular strength and physicality in his lower half. He stands fairly tall in the box with an open front side and wraps his bat slightly in his load. Wright has quickness in his hands and stands out for his bat-to-ball skills and general hitability.

This season, Wright ran an 89% overall in-zone contact rate, including 94% against fastballs. He is comfortable using the entire field, though his highest quality of contact comes to the pull side. As a rather impressive cherry on top, Wright is one of three sophomores to have a wRC+ above 150 and a strikeout-percentage below 9.5%. The other two? Roch Cholowsky and Chris Hacopian.

Wright has a solid foundation defensively, headlined by a strong arm. There is some low-hanging fruit to clean up, but he is on track to stick at the position long term.

11. Tomas Valincius, LHP

• Old school: Virginia
• New school: Mississippi State

Like a handful of players who are (or will be) ranked, Valincius followed new head coach Brian O’Connor from Virginia to Mississippi State.

In his freshman year, Valincius cemented himself as Virginia’s best arm and pitched his way to a 4.59 ERA with 70 strikeouts to just 17 walks in 64.2 innings. He averaged 93.8 mph on a fastball that’s been up to 97 with some arm side life, and his mid-to-upper-80s slider flashes plus with long, lateral break and some sharpness. Valincius’ mid-80s changeup has flashed above-average with arm side fade and late tumble. The two pitches generated consistent swings and misses, especially his slider, which garnered a 44% whiff rate.

Valincius is a plus strike-thrower with a thick, physical build—especially in his lower half—and looks the part of a professional starter. 

12. James Nunnallee, OF

• Old school: Virginia
• New school: Mississippi State

Nunnallee ranked inside the top 10 of our initial freshman rankings this fall and, after a slow start. he hit .296/.407/.401 with 12 doubles, a home run and more walks (18) than strikeouts (13). When coach Brian O’Connor left Virginia and took the Mississippi State job, Nunnallee proceeded to enter the portal and committed to the Bulldogs.

Nunnallee has an ultra-hitterish look in the box, with an advanced feel for the barrel, quick hands and polished approach. He uses the entire field and has shown impressive adjustability in his operation. He has elite bat-to-ball skills and posted a gaudy overall contact rate of 93% with a video game-like in-zone contact rate of 97%.

However, Nunnallee will need to grow into more power and impact. That’s not to say he needs to put on 20-plus pounds, but even adding 10 or 15 could make a meaningful difference.

13. Jake Schaffner, SS

• Old school: North Dakota State
• New school: North Carolina

In the wake of a standout freshman season and a monster summer in Northwoods League, Schaffner didn’t miss a beat in 2025, hitting a career-high .367/.435/.467 with 15 extra-base hits and 18 stolen bases. He stands out for his bat-to-ball skills and hit ability, and this spring he posted an 88% overall contact rate and 92% overall in-zone contact rate.

Schaffner has a simple, direct swing that is tailored towards moving the baseball. He has some quickness in his hands and does as good job using the entire field. He is an excellent athlete who had a Wisconsin football offer out of high school and is in line to be North Carolina’s everyday shortstop next spring.

14. Joe Tiroly, 2B

• Old school: Rider
• New school: Virginia

Tiroly enjoyed a productive freshman year in which he hit .284/.420/.525 with 19 extra-base hits and 42 RBIs. He followed suit with a breakout summer in the Perfect Game League and hit .341/.415/.508 with 16 extra-base hits. Tiroly rode that momentum and then some into this spring and posted a .377/.481/.749 slash line with 16 doubles, 18 home runs, 70 RBIs and 36 walks to just 25 strikeouts.

Tiroly has a strong build and stands at six feet, 200 pounds. He has a strong, quick swing with comfortably-plus hand speed. Tiroly’s batted-ball data is impressive, and this spring he had an average exit velocity of 94.8 mph and a 90th-percentile exit velocity of 108.9. He has a high-level feel for the barrel and generates consistent quality contact. Tiroly has no issue pulling the ball in the air, which enables him to optimize his power in-game.

Tiroly figures to take over at second base for new head coach Chris Pollard and the Cavaliers.

15. Alex Sosa, C

• Old school: NC State

Sosa this spring enjoyed a career season to the tune of a .291/.401/.534 line with 16 doubles, 10 home runs and 40 RBIs. He was the Wolfpack’s primary catcher and was in line to assume the same role in 2026, so his portal entry was a surprise.

Sosa has a prototypical catcher’s frame with present pullside thump. His hit tool needs a coat or two of polish—particularly as it pertains to picking up secondaries out of the hand—but there’s some low-hanging fruit to clean up in his operation that could garner positive results.

Behind the dish, Sosa receives well and does a nice job of corralling balls in the dirt. He has an above-average arm, but his footwork could stand to improve.

16. Henry Godbout, 2B

• Old school: Virginia

Godbout was a mainstay at second base throughout his three-year career at Virginia and has some of the better bat-to-ball skills of any college hitter in this year’s draft class. Following a breakout sophomore campaign in which he hit .372/.472/.645, Godbout took a bit of a step back this spring and posted a more modest .309/.397/.497 slash line with 37 RBIs and more walks (26) than strikeouts (19). 

Godbout this year ran an impressive 89% overall contact rate, including a 93% overall in-zone rate. His hand-eye coordination has always stood out, and he has long demonstrated an advanced feel for the barrel. Godbout is undoubtedly a hit-over-power profile and virtually all of his home runs have come to the pull side. He handles himself well at second base and makes all the plays he should.

Godbout is on track to be selected within the first five rounds of this year’s draft, so him entering the portal is very clearly a leverage move.

17. Carson Bailey, LHP

• Old school: Baylor
• New school: Texas A&M

Bailey this spring was a stalwart within Baylor’s rotation—an impressive feat for any freshman at a Power 4 program—and worked a 4.89 ERA with 56 strikeouts to 21 walks across 53.1 innings. He has an athletic frame with some present thickness in his lower half, though he has room to fill out further. He works exclusively out of the stretch and has a long arm stroke and present arm speed. He attacks out of a three-quarters slot and features a fastball that averaged 93.4 mph, a low-to-mid-80s slider and a mid-80s changeup. 

Bailey does a nice job of manipulating the shape of his slider, and it’s effective against both right and lefthanded hitters. Against lefties, it takes on more of a gyro look, though he has shown the ability to back-foot it. Against righties, it has two-plane tilt with more length than depth. Bailey’s changeup has also flashed above-average with late tumble. His slider and “cambio” generated whiff rates of 39% and 35%, respectively.

Bailey recently announced his commitment to in-state rival Texas A&M, where he will compete for the Friday starter role.

18. LJ Mercurius, RHP

• Old school: UNLV
• New school: Oklahoma

After showing flashes as a freshman, Mercurius took a sizable step forward this season and compiled a 3.57 ERA with 58 strikeouts to 25 walks across 53 innings. Listed at 6-foot-4 and 170 pounds, Mercurius has a high-waisted and projectable frame with room to fill out.

After sitting in the low 90s with his fastball last spring, Mercurius’ heater this season was up to 97 mph with some hop in the top third of the zone. Though his gyro slider is effective, it will need to add sharpness, which figures to come as he fills out. Mercurius completes his arsenal with an above-average, mid-80s changeup that flashes late tumble with some fade. This spring it generated a 41% miss rate.

Mercurius next spring is in line to earn a spot in Oklahoma’s weekend rotation.

19. Jake Marciano, LHP

• Old school: Virginia Tech
• New school: Auburn

While Marciano’s ERA of 6.08 is unimpressive, he’s a far better pitcher and prospect than that number indicates. Across 14 starts spanning 60.2 innings, he punched out 71 batters and walked just 18.

Marciano has a lean, projectable build and attacks out of a low-three quarters slot. He has a loose, whippy arm stroke and features a low-90s fastball that flashes run and ride through the zone—particularly in the top half. He also uses a high-70s slider that’s an especially tough look against lefties given its lateral life and a low-80s changeup that flashes above-average with late tumble. As Marciano continues to fill out physically, his stuff figures to tick up across the board.

Marciano received plenty of Power 4 interest upon entering the portal, but he eventually committed to Auburn, where he will seamlessly slot into the weekend rotation.

20. Chris Arroyo, 1B/LHP

• Old school: Virginia

Speaking of UVA players who entered the portal as a leverage move, Arroyo’s only season in Charlottesville was a productive one, as he hit .291/.361/.519 with eight doubles, 11 home runs and 42 RBIs.

At 6-foot-2 and 225 pounds, Arroyo is plenty physical with no shortage of natural strength. His carrying tool is his raw power, which grades out as plus. especially to the pull side. Arroyo this spring posted multiple exit velocities north of 110 mph and blasted a handful of towering home runs out to right field. He approach is a tick below average, and he has shown the tendency to expand the strike zone against secondary offerings. H

Arroyo has a strong arm that profiles well in a corner outfield spot, but his actions and speed—or lack thereof—will likely keep him at first base long term. He could be selected within the first five rounds this July.

21. Matt Scott, RHP

• Old school: Stanford
• New school: Georgia

Scott has been a highly-touted prospect dating back to his days as a prepster. He was never able to put it all together during his three seasons at Stanford, however, and this spring he pitched to a 6.02 ERA with a modest 56 strikeouts across 52.1 innings.

Scott has an extra-large, workhorse frame and stands at an impressive 6-foot-7 and 245 pounds with serious physicality. He has an under-control delivery that he repeats well. Scott’s mid-to-high-80s gyro slider is an above-average offering that is effective against both right and lefthanded hitters. It’s a pitch for which he has an advanced feel, and he’s shown the ability to manipulate its shape. Scott’s low-80s split-change is a plus offering that’s a big-time weapon against lefthanded hitters. He does an excellent job of killing spin on it, and it essentially falls off a table as it approaches the plate. 

The most alarming trend with Scott has been the regression of his fastball quality. This spring, he averaged just 91.1 mph on the pitch, and it generated a sub-20% miss rate. While it still flashes riding life in the top half of the zone, it was not nearly as impressive in 2025 as it was last season.

Scott’s commitment to Georgia is intriguing, though he’s still on track to be drafted and signed.

22. Jack Arcamone, C

• Old school: Richmond

2025 was Arcamone’s coming out party, as the sophomore backstop hit .355/.463/.675 with 22 doubles, 13 home runs and 62 RBIs. He set a new career-high in every statistical category and saw his draft stock skyrocket.

Arcamone is a data darling who stands out for his underlying batted-ball data. This spring, he posted an average exit velocity of 92.9 mph and a 90th percentile exit velocity of 108.1 to go along with multiple batted balls with EVs north of 110. Arcamone is consistently on the barrel and generates quality compact. His ability to create leverage and pull the ball in the air helps him maximize his power in-game, a tool he had no problem getting to this spring. As a cherry on top, he has a sound approach and chased at a 25% overall clip.

Arcamone has a strong arm behind the plate, but his overall defensive skillset is crude and needs work. A draft-eligible sophomore, Arcamone figures to be selected between the fifth and eighth rounds.

23. Cameron Bagwell, RHP

• Old school: UNCW
• New school: Wake Forest

Bagwell announced his presence with authority this spring and worked a 3.07 ERA with 62 strikeouts against just 17 walks across 85 innings. He has a projectable, high-waisted frame with room to fill out. He lacks explosiveness in his delivery, and there’s some low hanging fruit to clean up.

Bagwell isn’t overwhelming from a stuff standpoint, but his arsenal should tick up as he gets stronger and continues to fill out. His fastball sits in the high 80s and has been up to 96 mph, and he supplements it with a low-80s breaking ball and a seldom-used, low-80s changeup.

Bagwell’s developmental path will be fun to follow after announcing his commitment to Wake Forest.

24. Landon Mack, RHP

• Old school: Rutgers

The headliner in Rutgers’ 2024 recruiting class, Mack lived up to the hype and then some. He immediately slotted into the Scarlet Knights’ weekend rotation and pitched to a 4.03 ERA with 70 strikeouts to only 17 walks across 80.1 innings. He took on a hefty workload for a freshman, but he proved he was up to the challenge. 

An undersized righthander, Mack has an abbreviated, stabby arm stroke and features a low-90s fastball, an effective upper-80s cutter that generated a 30% whiff rate, an upper-70s curveball and a mid-to-upper-80s changeup. His fastball is most effective when located in the top third of the zone, while his cutter flashes late gloveside life. He uses his curveball just 10% of the time, though it flashes two-plane bite with both depth and sharpness.

Still uncommitted, Mack has a plethora of high-profile suitors. 

25. Ethan McElvain, LHP

• Old school: Vanderbilt
• New school: Arkansas

Following an impressive freshman year, McElvain this spring pitched to a 7.24 ERA with 45 strikeouts to 28 walks in 27.1 innings. He posted a career-high strikeout rate, but his command and control took a noticeable step backward.

McElvain has a physical build with a thick lower half. He features a low-to-mid-90s fastball that jumps out of his hand with life through the zone, a mid-80s slider with more sweep than depth and a curveball that can get a bit slurvey in shape. All three garnered whiff rates north of 30%, and his slider and curveball worked a 49% and 40% whiff rate, respectively.

McElvain recently committed to Arkansas where he will be in line to compete for a prominent role.