Tennessee baseball’s 2026 season came to a close on Sunday when the Vols fell to VCU to go 0-2 in the Chapel Hill Regional. It ended a five-year stretch of Tennessee winning a regional as Josh Elander enters a critical offseason.
The transfer portal officially opens Monday and Tennessee will almost certainly have an abundance of roster movement both in and out.
But what does Tennessee’s roster look like before the offseason portal movement? Taking a look here.
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Pitchers
Out Of Eligibility
- LHP Evan Blanco
- LHP Mark Hindy
Near MLB Draft Locks
- RHP Tegan Kuhns
- LHP Brandon Arvidson
Likely MLB Draft Departure
- RHP Bo Rhudy
Remaining Eligibility
- RHP Landon Mack
- LHP Cam Appenzeller
- RHP Brady Frederick
- RHP Ethan Baiotto
- RHP Brayden Krenzel
- RHP Nic Abraham
- LHP Will Haas
- LHP Chandler Day
- LHP Jackson Estes
- LHP/OF Taylor Tracey
- LHP/OF Blaine Brown
- RHP DJ McDowell
- RHP Ari Bethea
- RHP Sawyer Deering
- RHP Jax Bishop
High School Signees
- RHP Cannon Grant
- RHP Cade Allen
- LHP Drew Christine
- RHP Kai Bratton
- RHP Ty Putnam
- RHP Gary Morse
- RHP Shawn Sullivan
- RHP Kaiden McCarthy
- RHP Cooper Shrum
Tennessee will for sure lose two of its three starting pitchers with Evan Blanco out of eligibility and Tegan Kuhns projected to be a first round pick in the MLB Draft. Brandon Arvidson will certainly turn pro after spurning the draft last year while Bo Rhudy will likely go pro as well.
It will be very interesting to see what happens with Landon Mack after he did not pitch in the final month of the season while being “day-to-day” over that stretch. The Vols will likely have to fight to keep Cam Appenzeller while a number of pitchers will opt for the portal without Tennessee fighting to keep them.
Tennessee needs some of its young pitchers like Nic Abraham, Ethan Baiotto, Will Haas, Chandler Day and Jackson Estes to take a step forward this offseason.
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Position Players
Out Of Eligibility
- RF Reese Chapman
Near MLB Draft Locks
- 3B Henry Ford
- INF Blake Grimmer
Likely MLB Draft Departure
- C/OF Garrett Wright
- SS Manny Marin
Remaining Eligibility
- C/1B Levi Clark
- C Trent Grindlinger
- C Stone Lawless
- LHP/OF Blaine Brown
- MI/CF Jay Abernathy
- OF Nate Eisfelder
- INF Ariel Antigua
- UTL Tyler Myatt
- UTL Chris Newstrom
- LHP/OF Taylor Tracey
- 1B Evan Hankins
- INF Finley Bates
- UTL Hunter High
- OF Hutson Chance
- INF Ethan Moore
- C Cash Williams
High School Signees
- OF/LHP Jared Grindlinger*
- OF Trevor Condon
- 1B Cody Boshell
- SS Jaxson Wood
- 2B Colton Springall
- SS Cole Koeninger
- SS Jack Duggan
- 3B Michael Teasley
- C Sean Dunlap
- 1B AJ Curry
Tennessee could return four of its every day starters in Stone Lawless, Trent Grindlinger, Levi Clark and Blaine brown. Jay Abernathy, who started 39 games as a sophomore, could also return for his junior season. Nate Eisfelder earned some at-bats late in his freshman season.
What happens with Tennessee’s catcher situation will be interesting. Three of those four starters are catchers though Clark started at first base this past season. Grindlinger is another player that Tennessee will likely have to fight to keep.
A number of Tennessee position players could transfer. Tyler Myatt and Finley Bates did not have strong seasons after transferring in last offseason. Chris Newstrom fell completely out of the rotation and Ariel Antigua again failed to earn a starting job.
*Jared Grindlinger projects as a first round pick and easily could never make it to campus
