Tennessee Baseball 2025 Transfer Portal Tracker

The Tennessee baseball season has come to an end, but it’s not like it is rest and relaxation time for Tony Vitello and his coaching staff.

With the house settlement passing, roster sizes are about to shrink and the Volunteer baseball program is going to be full scholarship. With that, coupled with the Major League Baseball Draft, there’s going to be lots of roster management over the course of the next month and a half.  

Below is a running list of Tennessee baseball additions and subtractions via the transfer portal. There’s also a running tab of visitors who have come to campus during the cycle as well. The 2025 non-graduate transfer portal opened on June 2 and will remain open until July 1. Players must have their name entered in the transfer portal by July 1 if they want to move on, but new destinations do not have to be made by that time.

Transfer Portal Additions (12)

RHP Clay Edmondson (UNC Asheville)

The 6-foot-2, 195-pound Edmondson, from Greensboro, N.C., was 5-1 this season with a 2.20 ERA over 81.2 innings pitched, with 87 strikeouts. The sidearm pitcher could be a starter or reliever for the Vols and is draft eligible. He started 13 games this past season with opponents tallying a .224 batting average against.

RHP Mason Estrada (MIT)

Estrada compiled a 6-0 record and 2.21 ERA over 10 appearances (all starts) and 40.2 innings pitched in 2025 at Division III MIT. The righty struck out 66 batters, walked 23 and allowed just seven extra-base hits (no home runs). Opponents tallied a .154 average against him as he surrendered just 22 hits and 10 earned runs in the campaign. He’s draft eligible.

RHP Bo Rhudy (Kennesaw State)

Rhudy compiled a 2-0 record this past season with a 3.16 ERA across 37 innings on the mound. He struck out 44 batters and walked five in 21 appearances as a sophomore with opponents hitting .212 against him. Seven of his 13 earned runs on the season came ion two games against West Virginia and West Georgia.

The hurler was named First-Team All-Conference USA, logging a 0.51 ERA in 17.2 innings in league contests. He’s compiled a 6-1 record with a 2.97 ERA with 11 saves over 72.2 IP in two seasons.

RHP Brady Frederick (ETSU)

Frederick, a Bearden High School alum, was named the Southern Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2025. The sidearm pitcher compiled an impressive 8-2 record with a 2.67 ERA and 0.88 WHIP in 2025, making 24 appearances out of the bullpen with no starts. The righty tossed starter-like innings with 77.2 on the year, striking out 76 batters while walking 19. The new Vol pledge allowed 25 runs (23 earned) on 50 hits and gave up a combined 23 extra-base hits on the campaign.  

Utility Garrett Wright (Bowling Green)

The sophomore was named the MAC Defensive Player of the Year this past spring and was also appointed to the ABCA/Rawlings All-East Region First-Team.

In two seasons, Wright has been named First-Team All-MAC catcher and to the All-Defensive Team for the conference. He holds the Bowling Green program records for doubles (20) in 2025 and the all-time hit by pitch mark with 49 in two seasons.

As a sophomore, Wright reached base safely in 52 of the 54 games played. He was the lone player in the conference to tally a batting average north of .400, hitting .406 on the season, which ranked fifth in program history. He was also the only player in the league to registered an on-base percentage higher than .500.

RHP/OF DJ Newman (Bowling Green)

Newman was a two-way star for Bowling Green the past three seasons, logging most starts as the club’s designated hitter with a few appearances in the outfield. The right-handed pitcher also shined on the mound prior to a pair of season-ending injuries that cut short both his 2024 and 2025 campaigns.

As a hitter, Newman appeared in 25 games this past spring, posting a team-best .419 batting average with career-high marks in on-base percentage (.495), slugging percentage (.645) and doubles (9). Newman was named Second-Team All-MAC in 2024 as a designated hitter, logging a .371 batting average and 1.119 OPS (third in the conference) in 35 games.

Newman was named the MAC Freshman Pitcher of the Year in 2023, to go along with Freshman All-American honors from Baseball America, D1 Baseball, NCBWA and Collegiate Baseball. In three seasons, the righty appeared in 27 games on the mound with 15 starts with a 3.60 ERA over 85 innings pitched.

1B/OF Henry Ford (Virginia)

Ford is draft eligible this summer. He’s currently listed as the No. 73 MLB Draft prosect by MLB Pipeline and No. 70 by Baseball America. He has two years of collegiate eligibility remaining.

In 2025, Ford registered a .362 average with 11 home runs, 46 RBI, nine doubles and 42 runs scored across 50 games played. He primarily played first base as a freshman before shifting more towards the outfield as a sophomore. In total, Ford played in 74 games at first base and 34 games in the outfield while at Virginia in two seasons. Ford was named second-team All-ACC following the 2025 campaign as an outfielder and a Freshman All-American in 2024.   

OF/LHP Blaine Brown (Rice)

Brown was named First-Team All-AAC as a designated hitter this past season and was also named to the league’s All-Freshman squad as a rookie.   

He led the Owls with a .292 batting average, .493 slugging percentage, 61 hits, 38 runs batted in, 12 doubles, 10 home runs and 103 total bases. Brown registered 18 multi-hit games and sported eight contests with multiple runs batted in.

The 2-way player also appeared in seven games with four starts on the mound, pitching to a 20.77 ERA in just 4.1 innings pitched. The southpaw allowed 13 runs off nine hits with 12 strikeouts and 10 walks.

RHP Landon Mack (Rutgers)

Mack started 15 games for Rutgers this season (Saturday and Friday) where he compiled a 6-5 record and a 4.03 ERA. The righty pitched 80. 1 innings, struck out 70 and walked 19 batters. Opponents tallied a .266 average against him as he allowed 20 extra-base hits (10 home runs) and 36 earned runs. Mack, who received a collegiate national team camp invitation, received Big Ten All-Freshman Team honors following his rookie season. He has three seasons of eligibility remaining and is not draft eligible.  

LHP Evan Blanco (Virginia)

As a junior in 2025 battling a couple of injuries, Blanco began the season in the starting rotation before shifting to the bullpen, finishing the year with a 3-5 record and 6.23 ERA across 39.0 innings with eight starts in 14 appearances. The lefty struck out 36 and walked nine.  

His best season came as a sophomore in 2024, starting 18 games with a 8-3 record and 3.62 ERA over 99.1 innings. Blanco fanned 99 batters and walked 27. As a freshman in 2023, the southpaw appeared in 24 games out of the bullpen and tallied a 1-0 record and 3.04 ERA across 23.2 innings pitched with 26 strikeouts and 10 walks.  

Blanco is currently pitching for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod league. He’s compiled a 1-0 record  and 1.50 ERA in three starts and 12.0 inning pitched thus far, striking out seven and walking six. The lefty pitched in the New England Collegiate Baseball League for the North Shore Navigators in the summer of 2023.

LHP Mark Hindy (Duke)

The 6-foot-4, 220-pound pitcher appeared in 26 games in 2025 out of the bullpen for the Blue Devils, combining to go 1-0 with a 4.66 ERA across 29 innings. He allowed 15 earned runs off 24 hits, struck out 38 batters and walked 15. Opponents tallied a .224 average against him.

Hindy pitched three seasons at William & Mary prior to making his way to Durham. In total, the lefty is 6-3 with a 4.45 ERA with 111 strikeouts and 39 walks in 89.0 over his career. The hurler made one appearance in 2022 before missing the rest of the campaign due to injury. He did not pitch in 2023.

The Essex Fells, N.J. native was considered the No. 339 left-handed pitcher in the 2020 recruiting class, according to Perfect Game. He has one year of eligibility remining and is not considered a draft risk.

INF Finley Bates (San Diego State)

The 5-foot-10, 180-pounder tallied a .300 batting average across 57 games and 213 at-bats as a sophomore in 2025, hitting one home run and driving in 23 runs while walking 40 times and striking out on 30 occasions. Bates stole eight bases as a sophomore and scored 48 runs, acting as the leadoff man in the lineup.

The transfer was named Mountain West Freshman of the Year in 2024, becoming just the fourth Aztec ever to accomplish the feat, joining the exclusive club that Stephen Strasburg is a part of. Bates hit for a .292 average with 35 runs scored, three home runs and 11 RBI. He tallied 18 multi-hit games as a rookie and belted 14 doubles.

Throughout his two-year career thus far, Bates has played second base in 55 games and shortstop in 60 contests.

Transfer Portal Visitors (8)

OF Aiden Robbins (Seton Hall) – June 11 (Committed to Texas on June 18)

Robbins, an outfielder, hit for the sixth-highest average in college baseball this season with a .422 clip in 53 games played while hitting leadoff. The speedster stole 20 bases on 21 attempts as a sophomore, while clubbing six home runs with 38 runs batted in. Robbins also registered 19 doubles and five triples while playing right field. He struck out just 32 times and walked on 44 occasions, leading the Big East in batting average and on-base percentage (.537). He is not draft eligible and has two years of eligibility remaining.  

INF Jarren Advincula (Cal) June 12 (Committed to Georgia Tech)

Advincula is coming off a 2025 season where he earned Second-Team All-ACC honors after registering a .342 average with six home runs and 33 runs batted in over 55 games (all started). The infielder also stole 13 bases while leading Cal in hits (81), doubles (17), at-bats (237), stolen bases, multi-hit games (26), three-hit games (11) and total bases (120). He tied for the team-best in runs (48), was second in batting average and third in on-base percentage (.410).  

OF Ethan Conrad (Wake Forest) June 29

Conrad is currently ranked No. 22 by Baseball America and No. 28 by MLB Pipeline in their MLB Draft rankings – despite missing the last two-plus months of the 2025 season with a shoulder injury. In Baseball America’s Mock Draft 5.0 released late last week, the outfielder was slated to go No. 30 overall to the Baltimore Orioles.

At Wake Forest as a junior in 2025, the outfielder was crushing it through 21 games prior to injury, hitting .372 with seven home runs and 27 runs batted in. Conrad scored 30 runs, tallied eight doubles and stole four bases while walking 18 times and striking out on just 14 occasions.

The transfer portal target was named First-Team All-MAAC with Marist in 2024 and was appointed to the All-MAAC Rookie Team as a freshman the year before. In two seasons at Marist, Conrad hit for a .359 average with 12 home runs, 84 RBI, 90 runs scored, 27 doubles, 15 triples and 38 stolen bases.

RHP Brodie Purcell (USC) – June 29

Purcell was named Second-Team All-Big Ten as a sophomore in 2025, making 27 appearances with the Trojans. The right-handed hurler contributed a 3-2 record and a 2.11 ERA across 42.2 innings pitched with 51 strikeouts and 19 walks. Opponents hit for a .177 average against him as the sophomore allowed just eight extra base hits on the year.

The reliever was second on the team with four saves and his 27 appearances also ranked second for the Trojans. Purcell tallied a season-best five strikeouts against Indiana on March 28 and worked a season-high 3.2 innings of relief against Ohio State on April 4.   

Transfer Portal Departures (25)

LHP Dylan Loy: 4-0, 3.97 ERA, 33 APP, 34.0 IP
LHP Bryson Thacker: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 5 APP
OF Colby Backus: .188, 7 R, 1 RBI, 21G
RHP Thomas Crabtree: 2-0, 3.00 ERA, 15 IP. 12 APP, 2 GS
RHP Austin Hunley: 2-0, 2.79 ERA, 9.2 IP, 12 APP
LHP/OF Brayden Sharp: 1-0, 6.75 ERA, 8.0 IP, 8 APP, 0-for-5, 2 R
LHP Andrew Behnke: 2-0, 5.11 ERA, 14 APP
RHP Austin Breedlove: 3-0, 3.42 ERA, 25 APP, 2 GS
LHP Michael Sharman: 3-1, 3.18 ERA, 17 APP, 3 GS
RHP Tanner Wiggins: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 4 APP
LHP Brayden May: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 APP
LHP Luke Payne: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 5 APP
RHP Ryan Combs: 0-0, 7.36 ERA, 13 APP
INF Robinson Martin: DNP
INF Jack Jones: DNP
LHP Ryler Smart: DNP
RHP Beau Revord: DNP
LHP Dane Bjorn: DNP
RHP Stratton Scott: DNP
RHP Andrew DuMont: DNP
RHP Ben Martin: DNP
INF Dane Morrow: DNP
C Brooks Wright: DNP
RHP Aidan Hayse: DNP
RHP Tate Strickland: DNP