Where LSU baseball stands with top remaining uncommitted transfer portal targets

The LSU baseball team has already added quite a transfer portal haul since the conclusion of the 2024 season, but coach Jay Johnson isn’t done yet.

The Tigers remain in the mix for several of the top uncommitted players who remain in the portal. Now that the college baseball season is in the books, expect things to sort themselves out quickly for players who have yet to make decisions.

LSU will hope those decisions prove beneficial for it, and it is trending for several of them. It isn’t all good news as the Tigers are seemingly out of contention for East Carolina’s Zac Root, the top pitcher in the portal, according to LSU Country’s Zack Nagy.

But all is not lost. LSU is in play for one of the other top arms in the portal,

freshman left-hander Matthew Dallas, according to Nagy. Dallas is a former top 100 prospect who had a 1-0 record and 4.76 ERA this season.

The Tigers also still have a shot at Kaeden Kent, a Texas A&M transfer who batted .327 in 2024 as a contact hitter. Kent, like the other Aggie players in the portal, could return now that the team has announced that former hitting coach Matthew Earley will take the head coaching job.

LSU will hope it can benefit in a few ways from the tumult in College Station as it has also reached out to Penn third base transfer Wyatt Henseler, the Ivy League Player of the Year. He committed to Texas A&M as a graduate transfer in September, but he may be reconsidering that decision following the coaching change.

Nagy also listed Connor Harrison, a catcher from St. Mary’s, and Gavin Kilen, an infielder from Louisville, as other names to watch as Johnson looks to complete another impressive transfer class.

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