Tracking every player Oklahoma baseball loses and gains from the transfer portal

Thanks to a run through the Men's College World Series to a national title, the Oklahoma Sooners have experienced the transfer portal in reverse order while suffering adding talent for 2027 before ever losing anyone. Usually, the losses are endured before teams are rewarded with gains.

Those losses are inevitable, though, and they started coming while the Sooners were still celebrating their national title. The transfer portal closes on Tuesday, so decisions had to be made fast, but additions can still be made even beyond that.

During all the portal chaos as Skip Johnson tries to assemble a roster that can defend a title, this will be one stop to keep up with it all.

Every OU player entering the transfer portal

Pitcher Joey McMannis spent just year in Oklahoma after transferring from Maryland but is already in the portal again as the Sooners' first after not getting any playing time in his only season at OU.

Former two-sport athlete Alec Blair, who signed last year to play both baseball and basketball for the Sooners, expectedly hit the portal after losing his starting role in the lineup and also quitting basketball just one game into his freshman season.

He appeared in 30 games and made 24 starts, hitting .247 with two home runs, 18 RBI and 11 runs in 93 at-bats.

Michael Catalano, a righty, got some time this season with 11 appearances and eight starts, but then saw the mound just once in the NCAA Tournament. In two seasons with the Sooners, he had a 6.11 ERA in 30 total appearances.

Myles Davis spent just one year in Norman after transferring from State College of Florida. He appeared in just six games a Sooner before hitting the portal.

Drew Dickerson, a sophomore, is the Sooners' toughest portal blow so far as a versatile player with a heavy bat who could have carved out a starting role in 2027. He was one of the five young players I wrote Johnson really needed to keep out of the portal.

In two seasons at OU with 39 starts, most of which were as DH, he's a career .290 hitter so far in 155 at-bats with eight home runs, 36 RBI and 39 runs.

Left-handed pitcher Trent Collier quietly entered the portal, then all of a sudden announced his commitment to Texas A&M. He spent just one season at OU after transferring from Weatherford Junior College. He pitched 23.2 total innings in 18 appearances and a start with a 3.80 ERA. He touched the mound only once during the Sooners' postseason run.

Cameron Johnson, a 6-foot-6 lefty, was a regular in the starting rotation early on with 15 starts that included a 4.36 ERA, but then he didn't even log a full inning during the NCAA Tournament as the trio of freshmen took over on the mound. On the same day it was reported Johnson was transferring, OU announced all three freshmen who started throughout the MCWS would return. That's probably not a coincidence.

What seems to be a trend among these portal departures, Gerardo Prado just got to OU from the JUCO level out of Amarillo College before leaving a year later. He appeared in 11 games and notched just one hit.

Drew Rerick crossed the Red River last year after transferring from Texas, but is now already headed for his third destination after making four appearances with one start.

After transferring from Mississippi State, Nolan Stevens was a consistent starter at right field with 30 starts until getting little playing time during the postseason. He hit .230 in 74 ABs and also pitched once against Arkansas.

Another JUCO transfer spending just one season at OU, Uriah Walters saw time in 12 games before leaving.

Every transfer committed to Sooners

A season after leading Tennessee with nine stolen bases, the speedy Jay Abernathy is now headed to Norman. He hit .236 with three home runs, 16 runs batted in and 36 runs scored in 53 games in 2026 while splitting time between the outfield and second base.

Johnson loves to be aggressive on the bases, so Abernathy will fit right in with the Sooners and his stolen base count will jump in 2027.

Carson Brumbaugh announced on the day of OU's MCWS semifinal showdown with Georgia that he will return to his home state and join his brother, Cayden, on the Sooners' roster in 2027.

Brumbaugh was a star at Edmond Santa Fe High School before starting his college career at Arkansas as one of the top players in the 2025 class. He did struggle as a freshman, though, with a .140 batting average with limited opportunity between shortstop and pitcher as a two-way player. However, as far as talent and potential, Brumbaugh could be the Sooners' most exciting transfer addition.

The Sooners added another player with SEC experience in Texas A&M shortstop and outfielder Sawyer Farr. He appeared in 19 games and made 11 starts as a sophomore this season, but was most productive as a freshman with 31 starts. He has a career .200 average in 125 at-bats. He also has a stellar glove with a perfect fielding percentage this season.

Hayes Melville so far is the Sooners' only addition that didn't come from another Power Four program while making the move from UT Arlington. He had an impressive 2.57 ERA in 24 relief appearances this season and will have immediate value for the Sooners' bullpen in 2027.

Sebastian Pisacreta will help fill a massive need at catcher for the Sooners as they'll likely lose both Deiten Lachance and Brendan Brock to the MLB Draft. Pisacreta was one of the best catchers in the portal after three seasons at Pittsburgh. This season, he hit .271 with an OPS of .940 , 14 home runs and 51 RBI. He's also solid behind the plate.

Cal State Northridge outfielder Vaughn Coleman announced his commitment to OU just hours before the Sooners sealed their spot in the CWS championship series. He spent just one season at CSNU and made an immediate impact while there before taking a jump up. He started at centerfield as a freshman, hitting .297 with 10 home runs, 37 RBI, 38 runs and seven stolen bases. He led his team with a .421 on-base percentage.

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