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 (7)

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 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.   

Transfer Portal Visitors (6)

RHP Landon Mack (Rutgers) – June 10

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.  

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

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).  

DH/LHP Blaine Brown (Rice) June 19

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.

Transfer Portal Departures (13)

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 Thomas Crabtree: 2-0, 3.00 ERA, 12 APP
INF Robinson Martin: DNP
INF Jack Jones: DNP
LHP Ryler Smart: DNP
RHP Beau Revord: DNP
LHP Dane Bjorn: DNP