LSU lands transfer commitment from Xavier left-handed pitcher Justin Loer

LSU has landed transfer commitment from Xavier left-handed pitcher Justin Loer. The news was first reported by Joe Doyle.

He arrives after two seasons for the Musketeers where he was a key piece out of the bullpen. Loer was an All-Big East second team selection this season.

The 6-foot-5 southpaw pitched in 29 games this year with one start, throwing 57.0 innings. He finished the season with a great 1.89 ERA, .182 batting average against and 63 strikeouts to go along with a 6-2 record.

Transfer portal background information

The NCAA Transfer Portal, which covers every NCAA sport at the Division I, II and III levels, is a private database with names of student-athletes who wish to transfer. It is not accessible to the public.

The process of entering the portal is done through a school’s compliance office. Once a player provides written notification of an intent to transfer, the office enters the player’s name in the database and everything is off and running. The compliance office has 48 hours to comply with the player’s request and that request cannot be refused.

Once a player’s name like Justin Loershows up in the portal, other schools can contact the player. Players can change their minds at any point and withdraw from the portal. However, once a player enters the portal, the current scholarship no longer has to be honored. In other words, if a player enters the portal but decides to stay, the school is not obligated to provide a scholarship anymore.

The database is a normal database, sortable by a variety of topics, including (of course) sport and name. A player’s individual entry includes basic details such as contact info, whether the player was on scholarship and whether the player is transferring as a graduate student.

A player can ask that a “do not contact” tag be placed on the report. In those instances, the players don’t want to be contacted by schools unless they’ve initiated the communication.