2025 Kentucky baseball roster tracker

This page will be your one-stop shop for all roster moves during Kentucky’s 2025 offseason. It will evolve over the offseason until all roster moves have been completed.

Last update: July 28

No remaining eligibility (12)

• RHP Scott Rouse
• RHP Nic McCay
• RHP Simon Gregersen
• RHP Robert Hogan
• LHP Jackson Nove
• LHP Cole Hentschel
• LHP Evan Byers
• C Devin Burkes
• C Raphael Pelletier
• INF Patrick Herrera
• OF Cole Hage
• OF Shaun Montoya

Players/commitments selected in the 2025 MLB Draft (5)

• RHP Josh Flores* (Milwaukee Brewers, 4th round)
• OF Conor Essenburg* (Atlanta Braves, 5th round)
• C Jase Mitchell* (Houston Astros, 7th round)
• LHP Ethan Walker* (Boston Red Sox, 12th round)
• RHP Kaden Echeman* (St. Louis Cardinals, 12th round)

*indicates that the player has signed with an MLB organization

Returning players (17)

• 2B Luke Lawrence
• OF Carson Hansen
• OF Will Marcy
• RHP Jaxon Jelkin
• RHP Nile Adcock
• RHP Chase Alderman
• SS Tyler Bell
• 3B Ethan Hindle
• 1B Hudson Brown
• RF Ryan Schwartz
• LHP Ben Cleaver
• LHP Leighton Harris
• RHP Nate Harris
• RHP Tristan Hunter
• RHP Cameron Owens
• RHP Oliver Boone
• RHP Tommy Skelding

Incoming transfer portal commitments (13)

• RHP Burkley Bounds (Eastern Kentucky)
• RHP Jack Bennett (Western Kentucky)
• RHP Bryson Treichel (North Florida)
• RHP Ryan Mullan (Loyola Marymount)
• INF Tyler Cerny (Indiana)
• RHP Connor Mattison (Grand Canyon)
• C Alex Duffey (Elon)
• RHP Ira Austin (New Orleans)
• OF Scott Campbell (USC Upstate)
• LHP Jackson Soucie (South Carolina)
• C Tagger Tyson (Louisville)
• RHP Will Pryor (Belmont)
• OF Jayce Tharnish (St. Bonaventure)

Incoming high school commitments (10)

For more details on each high school signee, visit the high school recruiting page.

• C Owen Jenkins
• OF Braxton Van Cleave
• INF Caeden Cloud
• LHP Will Coleman
• INF Maxime Boies
• OF Ryan Foscolo
• INF Michael Gardner
• RHP Lucas Hail
• LHP Toby Peterson
• RHP Jack Sams

Outgoing transfers (14)

• INF Aidan Larkin
• OF/DH Eli Small (Florida Atlantic)
• RHP Cooper Robinson
• C Nolan Belcher (Kent State)
• 1B/P James McCoy (Georgia Southern)
• OF Griffin Cameron (Grand Canyon)
• RHP Zak Spurrier (Samford)
• LHP Hayden Smith (Troy)
• RHP Bradley Ferrell (Georgia Southern)
• INF Kyuss Gargett (TCU)
• 1B Dylan Koontz
• LHP Logan Grubb
• LHP Adam Hachman
• OF Khaleel Pratt (Eastern Kentucky)