Arkansas Baseball 2025 Offseason Roster Tracker
With the book officially closed on the Arkansas baseball team’s 2025 campaign, coach Dave Van Horn has put in the work this offseason to retool the Razorbacks’ roster.
The college baseball transfer portal, which Arkansas has relied heavily upon in recent years to add quality starters and depth pieces, opened June 2 for all players and closed July 1.
Arkansas must fill multiple holes after a historic MLB Draft that saw a program-record four first round selections and 11 total selections, which tied for the most in a single draft.
RELATED: Arkansas baseball 2025 MLB Draft final results
An important aspect of this offseason is the erasure of the 11.7 scholarship limit for college baseball teams, as well as the new 34-player roster maximum. That’s down six from the usual 40-man limit, so the Hogs will have to do some creative maneuvering to be in a good spot.
Thankfully, the introduction of the “DSA”, or Designated Student-Athlete, will help curb the roster crunch. Created through the House settlement, DSAs will not be counted towards roster limits as long as they are eligible to play college sports.
According to The College Sports Litigation Tracker, a player who qualifies as a DSA must have been on a Division I team in 2024-25 but either was cut or would have been cut due to roster limits; or, was recruited as freshman in 2025-26 but whose roster spot was cut or would have been cut due to roster limits.
To translate, Arkansas is expected to label some incoming freshmen as DSAs so that they don’t affect the roster numbers.
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 (6)
~ Dylan Carter, RHP
Note: Carter played at Crowder C.C. from 2020-21, which may grant him the chance to return to Arkansas thanks to the NCAA’s blanket waiver for ex-JUCO athletes.
Update 7/14: Carter has signed a free agent deal with the San Francisco Giants and will not return to Fayetteville.
~ Will McEntire, RHP
~ Rocco Peppi, OF
~ Kendall Diggs, OF
~ Logan Maxwell, OF
~ Carson Boles, OF
Entered transfer portal (9)
~ Tag Andrews, RHP (Signed with Little Rock)
~ Luke Williams, LHP
~ Ross Felder, RHP (Committed to Missouri State)
~ Jackson Farrell, LHP
~ Gabe Fraser, INF (Committed to Florida State)
~ Michael Anderson, 1B (Committed to Penn State)
~ Zane Becker, C (Committed to Texas A&M)
~ Elliot Peterson, C (Committed to Nebraska)
~ Lance Davis, RHP (Committed to TCU)
Incoming transfers (8)
Note: Player with an asterisk was selected in the MLB Draft.
~ Vanderbilt LHP Ethan McElvain
2025 stats: 16 G, 5 GS, 2-3 W/L, 7.24 ERA, 27.1 IP, 31 H, 22 ER, 28 BB, 45 K
~ Oklahoma RHP Jackson Kircher
2025 stats: 13 G, 5.68 ERA, 12.2 IP, 13 H, 8 ER, 5 BB, 17 K
~ Missouri State OF Zack Stewart
2025 stats: 51 G, 213 PA, .269/.371/.495, 37 R, 49 H, 8 2B, 11 HR, 31 RBI, 27 BB, 63 K, 2 SB, 2 E
~ Texas Tech INF TJ Pompey
2025 stats: 19 G, 79 PA, .348/.397/.623, 16 R, 24 H, 4 2B, 5 HR, 15 RBI, 5 B, 25 K, 5 SB, 7 E
~ Marshall OF Maika Niu
2025 stats: 58 G, 271 PA, .276/.343/.560, 55 R, 67 H, 14 2B, 5 3B, 15 HR, 52 RBI, 25 BB, 51 K, 14 SB, 30 E
~ Lamar OF Damian Ruiz
2025 stats: 56 G, 274 PA, .388/.511/.607, 76 R, 83 H, 22 2B, 2 3B, 7 HR, 46 RBI, 50 BB, 27 K, 14 SB, E
~ Eastern Michigan C Brendan Kleiman
2025 stats: 45 G, 195 PA, .289/.385/.367, 33 R, 48 H, 7 2B, 2 HR, 26 RBI, 20 BB, 33 K
~ Oregon State RHP James DeCremer
2025 stats: 14 G, 3 GS, 3-0 W/L, 5.34 ERA, 28.2 IP, 34 H, 17 ER, 11 BB, 30 K
JUCO transfers (2)
~ McLennan C.C. RHP Isaac Godard
N/A
~ Palomar College LHP Jacob Imoto
2025 stats: 20 G, 4-2 W/L, 2.45 ERA, 44.0 IP, 32 H, 12 ER, 18 BB, 52 K
High School Signees (14)
Note: Player with an asterisk was selected in the MLB Draft.
~ Tye Briscoe, LHP/UTL
~ Mark Brissey, RHP
~ Carson Brumbaugh, INF/RHP
~ Luke Cornelison, INF/RHP
~ Walt Jones, INF
~ Peyton Lee, RHP
~ Joey Lorenzini, LHP
~ Jordan Martin, RHP
~ Cayden Mitchell, INF
~ Alexander Peck, INF
~ Carter Rutenbar, UTL
~ Landon Schaefer, INF*
~ Christian Turner, OF
~ Grant Wren, RHP
Position players with remaining eligibility (7)
| Name, Position | Year (For 2026 Season) |
| Reese Robinett, 1B | Redshirt Junior |
| Cam Kozeal, INF | Junior |
| Nolan Souza, INF | Junior |
| Kuhio Aloy, DH | Junior |
| Ryder Helfrick, C | Junior |
| Carson Willis, C | Redshirt Freshman |
| Brenton Clark, OF | Redshirt Freshman |
Pitchers with remaining eligibility (10)
Note: Player with an asterisk was selected in the MLB Draft.
| Name | Year (For 2026 Season) |
| Parker Coil, LHP* | Senior |
| Cooper Dossett, RHP | Redshirt Junior |
| Gabe Gaeckle, RHP | Junior |
| Tate McGuire, RHP | Junior |
| Colin Fisher, LHP | Junior |
| Hunter Dietz, LHP | Redshirt Sophomore |
| Steele Eaves, RHP | Sophomore |
| Cole Gibler, LHP | Sophomore |
| Carson Wiggins, RHP | Sophomore |
| Tyler Holland, RHP | Redshirt Freshman |
