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Louisville baseball's Bayram Hot enters NCAA transfer portal

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Louisville baseball’s Bayram Hot has entered the NCAA transfer portal, On3’s Pete Nakos confirmed. Hot played one season with the Cardinals.

Hot saw action in 36 games for Louisville in 2025. Across 92 at-bats, Hot averaged a .326 batting average to go with 30 hits, 22 RBIs and three home runs.

2025 was Hot’s third season at the collegiate level, spending his first two years at Marist. There, he earned 2023 MAAC Rookie of the Year honors after finishing his true freshman season with a .382 batting average across 50 games played. Hot wasn’t a home run threat, but logged 73 hits, scoring 47 runs, 37 RBIs and 19 extra base hits.

In 2024, Hot’s batting average regressed to a career-low .278. That doesn’t mean he wasn’t productive, however. As a sophomore, he logged career highs in walks (29) and home runs (7).

Hot then transferred to Louisville, where the Cardinals finished the 2025 season with a 42-24 overall record. They reached College World Series for the sixth time in program history and the first since 2019. Their record allowed the program to surpass the 40-win threshold for the 14th time in program since Dan McDonnell came to the program 19 seasons ago. Before his arrival, Louisville baseball had never reached that win total.

Now, Hot will have one year of eligibility remaining to play for his new college baseball team. He chose Louisville over Kentucky, Mississippi State, East Carolina, Kansas, Michigan and Maryland in the portal last year. It’s unclear if any of these teams will pursue him in the portal this cycle. Whichever program it will be, it’ll be Hot’s third in four seasons.

The transfer portal wire provides a real-time feed of player activity, including basic player profile information, transfer portal ranking and original On3 Industry recruiting ranking, as well as NIL valuation (name, image and likeness).

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.