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The 2024-25 Kentucky Baseball offseason is officially in full swing. The Cats have already claimed 15 players out of the Transfer Portal, along with losing 12 players to sed Portal. Nick Minigone and his staff still have a lot of work to do, as the Cats are losing 76% of their at-bats, 87% of their home runs, 76% of their innings pitched, and 78% of their strikeouts. Follow along with KSR’s 2025 Kentucky Baseball Roster Tracker, which will continually be updated when player decisions are made. Expected to Return:Sophomore INF Hudson Brown (2024: DNP)Redshirt Senior C Devin Burkes (2024: 60 GP,...
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San Diego State outfielder Shaun Montoya is transferring across the country to Kentucky, first reported by Derek Terry of Bat Cats Central. Montoya will be a redshirt senior next season. The Rancho Cucamonga, CA native spent three seasons at San Diego State after transferring from UC Irvine. In 148 career games, Montoya boasts a career .306 batting average with 27 doubles, five home runs, 43 RBI, and 31 stolen bases. He was named a Second-Team All-Mountain West Selection in 2023. This past season, the outfielder hit for a .327 batting average with nine doubles, three home runs, and 17 RBI. Mon...
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Former Kentucky Baseball Assistant Coach Nick Ammirati made waves last week when he made the surprising move to join former Kentucky assistant Will Coggin on the Georgia staff. Many were unaware that Ammirati’s contract came to an end on June 30, leaving him free to leave for another school. This move was a big blow to Nick Mingione and his staff, as his departure was one of the key factors in Nolan McCarthy‘s surprising decision to enter the Transfer Portal. Coach Ammo’s departure leaves a hole in Mingione’s coaching staff, which is now just assistant/pitching coach Dan Roszel and assistant/r...
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The future of Kentucky Baseball is bright following its first ever trip to the Men’s College World Series in 2024. You can continue to get a look at the future this summer, as many Cats are partaking in summer baseball all across the country. Soon-to-be sophomores Griffin Cameron, Ethan Hindle, Hudson Brown, Kyuss Gargett, Eli Small, Landon Franklin, Evan Hart, and Jake Titus are all getting better this offseason before they return to Lexington next season. Here’s where to keep up with them at. Griffin Cameron & Ethan Hindle (Lakeshore Chinooks)Sophomores outfielder Griffin Cameron (who starte...
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Former Kentucky RHP Travis Smith is staying in the SEC. He announced on Saturday that he is transferring to Mississippi State. “I wanted to get a new start and fresh scene to go to and there is no better fresh start than Mississippi State,” Smith told On3’s Maroon and White. Smith, who started 13 games for Kentucky in 2023, opened the 2024 season as the Friday night starter. Through his first five starts however, the right-hander boasted a 6.69 ERA in 24 2/3 innings and was replaced by right-hander Trey Pooser in the rotation. He made seven appearances out of the pen and started Kentucky’s SEC...
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As a new era Kentucky Baseball emerges, it’s time to take a look at some new faces making their way to Lexington from the Transfer Portal this offseason. Left-handed pitcher Ethan Walker, who will be a junior next season, announced that he would be transferring to Kentucky from Longwood on June 13. Walker is the second player to transfer from Longwood to Kentucky in the last three seasons, following in the footsteps of 2023 SEC All-Defensive selection 1B Hunter Gilliam. In his one and only season in Lexington, Gilliam led the Cats in home runs (12), RBI (71), and SLG% (.551) en route to Kentuc...
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The College Baseball offseason is a wild one. With Kentucky Baseball’s roster changing day by day, KSR Kentucky Beat Writer Daniel Hager and KY Kernel’s Jonathon Bruner recap the season as a whole and take a look at the offseason (so far) in Episode 11 of the Bat Cat Beat at 3:00 p.m. EST on the KSR YouTube channel. More Kentucky News and Views on the KSR YouTube ChannelKentucky Sports Radio has expanded its coverage of the Wildcats in the most ridiculous manner possible on our YouTube Channel. Here you will be able to find interviews with coaches and players, as well as commentary from the KS...
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Kentucky Baseball Assistant Coach Nick Ammirati is leaving Lexington to join Georgia’s staff, D1Baseball’s Kendall Rogers reported on Monday. Ammirati will be replacing assistant coach Josh Simpson, who returned to LSU earlier this offseason. Coach Ammo joins assistant coach Will Coggin in Athens, who was an assistant under Nick Mingione on the Kentucky staff from 2020-2023. Ammirati left Southern Miss for the Kentucky job in 2021, but his updated contract at Kentucky ran from July 3, 2023 to June 30, 2024. Instead of renegotiating, his contract expired at midnight last night and he decided to...
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As the Transfer Portal dust has cleared a bit for Kentucky Baseball, it’s time to take a look at some new faces. Right-handed pitcher Oliver Boone, who will be a sophomore next season, announced that he would be transferring to Kentucky from Cal on June 22. In his freshman season, the North Hollywood, CA native made 12 appearances (one start) for the Golden Bears. In 30 1/3 innings pitched, Boone posted a 4.45 ERA with a 1.88 OBA and a 34:13 K/BB ratio. Cal’s 2024 season came to an end with a 7-4 loss to USC in the Pac-12 Tournament on May 24. Boone entered the Transfer Portal on June 13, and ...
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Kentucky Baseball finished the 2024 season ranked No. 3 by D1Baseball, its highest Top 25 finish in program history. The Bat Cats set many program records in 2024, including 46 wins, six NCAA Tournament wins, and 22 SEC wins en route to a College World Series berth and an SEC Co-Regular Season Championship. “This is where you want to end your season. This is not how you want to end your season but this is where you want to end your season,” Nick Mingione said following Kentucky’s season-ending loss to Florida. “But so proud of these guys for the way they represented themselves, our baseball pr...
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