Tennessee relief pitcher enters transfer portal
On the first official day of college baseball transfer portal season, Tennessee left-handed pitcher Wyatt Evans has entered his name. A Tennessee spokesman confirmed the news to Volquest on Monday.
The move comes as no shock as the 6-foot-6, 245-pound southpaw was not on the active roster for the Vols in 2024 and did not pitch for the 2023 Omaha Vols as he was dealing with injury.
As a freshman in 2022, Evans appeared in 19 games and tossed a combined 16 innings of four-run baseball. He did not record a decision while posting a 2.25 ERA with 22 strikeouts and only two walks. Evans faced 62 batters and gave up 12 hits, three of them being for extra bases (two home runs, one double).
During the recruiting process, Perfect Game tabbed Evans as the No. 43 overall prospect and the sixth-best left-handed pitcher from Suth Carolina. He was a two-time Perfect Game Preseason All-American while helping J.L. Mann High School to a 19-9 overall record with a runner-up finish in the SCHSL Class 5A Upper District state playoffs as a senior in 2021.
Evans will be a really solid pickup for a program in the transfer portal. He no doubt could find himself with a power program for the 2025 season.
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The southpaw becomes the first Tennessee player to enter the transfer portal. The 2024 cycle officially opened on Monday, June 3 and will remain open for 30 days through July 2.
Tennessee is currently still playing baseball in 2024 and is off to super regionals for the fourth-straight season. The Vols have competed in the College World Series twice in the past three seasons and are just two wins away from making it three of the past four years.
The Vols swept both the Southeastern Conference regular season and tournament titles this year and entered postseason play as the No. 1 overall seed for the second time in program history.
