2025 College Baseball Transfer Portal Rankings

1. AJ Gracia, OF

Gracia last year cemented himself as one of the premier freshmen in college baseball after hitting .305/.440/.559 with 14 doubles, 14 home runs and 58 RBIs in 60 games. He got off to a sluggish start this spring and was hitting just .188 through April 3. Gracia made a handful of small tweaks to his stance and operation that wound up paying dividends, including lowering his handset, closing off his front side a bit and including less of a bat wrap/hand press in his load. As a result, he was in a far better position to hit and do damage.

Gracia has a pro body and an aesthetically pleasing swing featuring plenty of hand speed. He can drive the baseball to all fields, doesn’t chase—he did so at just an 18% clip this season—and has an advanced feel for the barrel.

Gracia has legitimate top 10 overall upside in next year’s draft.

2. Eric Becker, SS

• Old school: Virginia

Becker this year was the centerpiece of Virginia’s offense and hit .368/.453/.617 with 31 extra-base hits and 52 RBIs across 50 games. He unsurprisingly entered the portal once former Virginia head coach Brian O’Connor took the same job at Mississippi State, and he has yet to commit to a new school.

Becker has a simple setup in the box and a smooth, lefthanded stroke in which he takes a direct path to contact. He has a hitterish look and sprays line drives all over the field. It’s a hit-over-power profile, but Becker has some present thump and has shown a rather impressive ability to drive the baseball into the opposite field gap.

With a has a sound approach to go along with advanced barrel skills, Becker will have the opportunity to stick at shortstop long term, and he has top 15 overall upside in the 2026 draft.

3. Ethan Conrad, OF

• Old school: Wake Forest

Conrad entering the portal is an apparent leverage move, but, as noted above, he’ll be included here until he’s drafted. Though his season was limited to just 21 games due to a shoulder injury, Conrad still managed to hit .372/.495/.744 with eight doubles, seven home runs, 27 RBIs and more walks (18) than strikeouts (14).

Conrad has a simple and quiet setup in the box and a short swing in which he takes a direct path to contact. He has a big league body and has a chance for three above-average tools—hit, power and run—when all is said and done. He is a high-level athlete with an average arm who will get the chance to prove he can stick in center field.

4. Chris Hacopian, SS/3B

• Old school: Maryland

Hacopian has one of the more impressive offensive track records of any hitter in his class. He’s produced at every stop—including summer ball—and is fresh off a career year in which he hit .375/.502/.656 with 12 doubles, 14 home runs, 61 RBIs and an eye-popping walk-to-strikeout ratio of 40-to-19.

Hacopian has a strong swing with big-time bat speed and has shown the ability to use the entire field, though his highest quality of contact comes to the pull side. He particularly feasts on heaters, and this spring he ran a 95% contact rate against all fastballs. Hacopian had an overall chase rate of just 20%, and very few of his swings came outside of the “shadow zone.”

A move back to third base isn’t out of the question for Hacopian, but regardless of where he ends up on the diamond, you are buying his bat.

5. Carson Tinney, C

• Old school: Notre Dame

After logging just 56 at-bats as a freshman last spring, Tinney enjoyed one of the biggest breakout campaigns of any hitter in the country. The first team all-ACC backstop hit .348/.498/.753 with 13 doubles, 17 home runs and 53 RBIs. At 6-foot-3 and 220 pounds, he is plenty physical with no shortage of natural strength. He has a simple and rhythmic operation in the box with plus bat and hand speed.

Tinney has a pull-heavy approach to go along with plus raw and—most importantly—game power, especially to the pull side. The main area of improvement for Tinney is his ability to pick up spin and see shapes out of the hand. There is some miss and chase against secondaries, though it hasn’t been a hindrance to this point.

While he’s slightly large for the position, Tinney is an advanced defender behind the dish. He has a plus, accurate arm as well as advanced footwork and direction. Tinney possesses high-level catch-and-throw skills, and he figures to stick at the position long term. He very well could be the first catcher of the board next July.

6. Trey Beard, LHP

• Old school: Florida Atlantic
• New school: Florida State

Beard was already ranked in a prominent spot (No. 36) on the first iteration of our 2026 college rankings, but he’ll be much higher than that in our next update. He pitched his way to a 3.14 ERA with an impressive strikeout-to-walk ratio of 118-to-32 across 86 innings. If it wasn’t for Charlotte righthander Blake Gillespie, Beard would have taken home AAC Pitcher of the Year honors.

Beard attacks from a straight over-the-top slot and a tough-to-pick-up 6-foot-9 release height. His fastball sits in the low 90s, but it jumps out of his hand and has plenty of natural carry up in the zone. He does an outstanding job of maintaining arm speed on his plus mid-70s changeup that gets fantastic separation off his heater, and it’s an unbelievably difficult change of pace for opposing hitters. It’s a plus pitch that flashes consistent tumble.

Beard also features a mid-70s curveball that flashes big-time depth and downward bite, as well as a mid-to-upper-70s slider that is distinct in shape with lateral life.

7. Jarren Advincula, 2B

• Old school: California

Advincula enjoyed a standout freshman campaign at Cal that was capped off by an impressive summer in which he took home the Cape League batting title after he hit .392/.448/.446. He didn’t miss a beat this spring and hit .342/.410/.506 with 25 extra-base hits, 33 RBIs and 13 stolen bases.

In what was a bit of a surprising move, Advincula proceeded to enter the portal. Though he has yet to commit, he has a handful of big-time suitors.

Advincula has an ultra-hitterish look in the box with a short, quick swing that is tailored towards spraying line drives to all parts of the field. Advincula has a highly-advanced feel for the barrel to go along with a polished approach. His bat-to-ball skills are comfortably plus, and this spring he ran a 92% in-zone contact rate.

On top of his exciting tools, Advincula’s makeup is an 80.

8. Henry Ford, OF/1B

• Old school: Virginia

A two-year standout at Virginia, Ford this year hit a career-best .362/.420/.575 with 21 extra-base hits and 46 RBIs. Upon former UVA head coach Brian O’Connor’s departure for Mississippi State— and for added leverage in the draft—Ford entered the portal.

At 6-foot-5 and 225 pounds, Ford has a big league body. He has a rather stiff operation in the box and is an aggressive hitter with enough natural strength to drive the baseball with authority to all parts of the field. Up to this point, most of his home run power—and highest quality of contact—has come to the pull side. Ford struggles to pick up secondaries out of the hand at times, and he also has the tendency to expand the strike zone.

After spending the entirety of his freshman season at first base, Ford this spring logged 34 games in the outfield. He’s a below-average runner and heavy stepper with an average arm, so he profiles best in a corner outfield spot long term.

9. Ryan Wideman, OF

• Old school: Western Kentucky
• New school: Clemson

A transfer from Georgia Highlands College, Wideman generated tons of buzz this spring and posted a gaudy .398/.466/.652 slash line with 36 extra-base hits, 68 RBIs and 45 stolen bases. It’s a little bit of a unique look in the box, and Wideman deploys a high leg lift and a small stride. He has plenty of bat speed and has flashed particular impact to the pull side.

Tools are the name of the game with Wideman. At 6-foot-5 and 215 pounds, he has a high-waisted and athletic frame with present strength. It’s an elite body, and Wideman is a comfortably plus runner—as well as an effective basestealer—who also possesses plus raw power. 

Wideman can go and get it in center field and routinely flashes plenty of range in all directions. There’s an appealing fluidity to his actions on the grass, and he figures to get every chance to stick in center.

Wideman recently committed to Clemson, though he is on track to be selected within the first 3-5 rounds in this year’s draft.

10. Garrett Wright, C

• Old school: Bowling Green
• New school: Tennessee

Wright is fresh off an outstanding sophomore campaign in which he hit .396/.506/.644 with 31 extra-base hits—including 20 doubles—with 48 RBIs and more walks (24) than strikeouts (23). At 5-foot-11 and 185 pounds, he has a prototypical catcher’s build with particular strength and physicality in his lower half. He stands fairly tall in the box with an open front side and wraps his bat slightly in his load. Wright has quickness in his hands and stands out for his bat-to-ball skills and general hitability.

This season, Wright ran an 89% overall in-zone contact rate, including 94% against fastballs. He is comfortable using the entire field, though his highest quality of contact comes to the pull side. As a rather impressive cherry on top, Wright is one of three sophomores to have a wRC+ above 150 and a strikeout-percentage below 9.5%. The other two? Roch Cholowsky and Chris Hacopian.

Wright has a solid foundation defensively, headlined by a strong arm. There is some low-hanging fruit to clean up, but he is on track to stick at the position long term.