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Miami Hurricanes Baseball Finishes No. 16 Nationally After Dramatic Turnaround, Focus Now Is On Future

On3 imageby: Matt Shodell06/24/25canesport
Daniel Cuvet
Daniel Cuvet (photo courtesy of Miami Athletics)

When the Miami Hurricanes baseball team was sitting at a 16-16 record and had a string of six losses in seven games, UM fans probably would not have predicted a top 20 finish.

But the Canes ended ranked the No. 16 team in the nation per DI Baseball’s final poll.

It’s a sweet ending – based on expectations at the early point of the season – for a Miami team that advanced past the Hattiesburg regional and came within one run in Game 3 of advancing to the College World Series (the Canes fell to Louisville in that decisive Super Regional game, 3-2).

The team has talent returning at the plate but will look to rebuild a lot of its pitching staff.

Coach J.D. Arteaga has back one of the nation’s top hitters, Daniel Cuvet (61 starts, .372, 18 HRs, 84 RBI), plus also returning are Derek Williams (senior gets extra year as former JUCO player, started 42 games and hit .317 with 9 HRs), Max Galvin (59 starts, .313, 8 HRs), Fabio Peralta (46 starts, .238, 2 HRs) and Michael Torres (42, starts, .231, 1 HR). SS Jake Ogden (62 starts, .336, 9 HRs) is viewed as 50/50 to return depending on what happens with the Major League Baseball Draft July 13-14.

On the mound Miami returns a pair of freshmen who started games in AJ Ciscar (10 starts, 4.46 ERA, 6-2 record) and Tate DeRias (7 starts, 5.77 ERA, 2-3 record), and also back are relievers Jake Dorn (11 appearances, 1.98 ERA) and Rob Evans (17 appearances, 4.70 ERA off injury, threw well at the end of the season). Nick Robert will return off Tommy John surgery.

It’s expected Brian Walters (2-3, 4.94 ERA, 11 saves) will be drafted and won’t return, and the same goes for ace Griffin Hugus (6-7, 4.16 ERA).

So far the team’s added four transfers: UNLV RHP/SP Michael Taylor (16 appearances, 2-1, 3.86 ERA), FIU 1B Brylan West (First-Team All-Conference USA, 56 starts, .338, 12 HR), USC Upstate IF Vance Sheahan (61 starts, All-Big South First Team, .328, 12 HRs) and Miami-Dade Community College 3B/OF Cian Copeland (52 games, .361, 15 HRs).

There also are several top-ranked high school prospects among the 2025 class – a couple of area guys with Columbus SS Mario Magana and American Heritage 3B Dylan Dubovik plus Canadian 3B Timothy Piasentin, Riverside (Calif.) OF Mason Greenhouse, Bradenton (Fla.) SS Eddie Zaun, Brooklyn (NY) RHP Erick Peralta (has hit 96 mph), Port Chester (NY) LHP Sebastian Santos-Olson and Winter Garden (Fla.) LHP Lonzo Drummond.

Depending on where guys go in the draft will determine who winds up on campus in the fall. Of those listed, most likely to turn pro are Magana, Peralta and Piasentin.

Add it all up and a year from now Miami hopes to be where LSU was this season – hoisting up a national championship trophy.

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