Florida Gators Baseball 2027 Roster Tracker

GAINESVILLE, Fla.-- The Florida Gators' 2026 baseball season came to an end with a 10-2 loss to Troy in the Gainesville Regional. Now that the season is over, Florida quickly turned the page to the 2027 team with the NCAA Transfer Portal closed and multiple players expected to explore pro ball opportunities.

Head coach Kevin O'Sullivan said after the loss that the team has already begun recruiting out of the portal for next year's team.

"The timing of it is kind of weird. Like, you're playing a regional final game, and the portal opens. So, we'll have to get together with all the players, we'll have to mix in exit meetings, and we'll have official visits starting tomorrow all week long," he said. "Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and this weekend. So, there's not a whole lot of time to reflect. We got to get better. Certain areas we got to get better at."

O'Sullivan said Florida is prioritizing left-handed pitchers, catchers and middle-order bats during this year's portal cycle. The NCAA Transfer Portal closed on June 30, with the 2026 MLB Draft beginning on July 12.

Here is a list of all of the changes to Florida's 2027 roster, which will be updated as moves are made.

Announced Returning Players (5)

RHP Jackson Barberi (Jr.)
RHP Aidan King (Jr.)
RHP Joshua Whritenour (R-So)
INF Brendan Lawson (Jr.)
INF Ethan Surowiec (Jr.) - Announced he would return to Florida but remains in the MLB Draft pool

TBA (17)

RHP Luke McNeillie (Sr.) - MLB Draft prospect
RHP Liam Peterson (Sr.) - MLB Draft prospect
RHP Blaine Rowland (R-So.)
RHP Russell Sandefer (Sr.) - MLB Draft prospect
RHP Schuyler Sandford (R-So.)
RHP Minjae Seo (R-Fr.)
RHP/INF Caden McDonald (R-Jr.) - MLB Draft prospect
LHP Jackson Hoyt (So.)
C AJ Malzone (R-Jr.)
INF Nic Partridge (R-Fr.)
INF Colton Schwarz (So.)
INF Landon Stripling (Sr.)
OF Jaden Bastian (R-Jr.)
OF Kyle Jones (R-Jr.) - MLB Draft prospect
OF Jacob Kendall (So.)
OF Cash Strayer (So.)
OF Hayden Yost (Sr.)

Departures (19)

Outgoing Seniors (9)

RHP Billy Barlow
RHP Ricky Reeth
LHP Ernesto Lugo-Canchola
C Karson Bowen
C Cole Stanford
INF Sam Miller
INF/OF Justin Nadeau
OF/INF Blake Cyr
OF/INF Ashton Wilson

Transfers (10)

RHP Matthew Jenkins (R-Jr.) - Charlotte
RHP Cooper Moss (R-Fr.) - USF
RHP Christian Rodriguez (R-Jr.)
RHP Cooper Walls (Jr.) - Georgia
LHP McCall Biemiller (Jr.) - NC State
LHP Eli Blair (So.) - USF
LHP Rivers Kurland (R-Fr.)
2B Cade Kurland (R-Sr.) - LSU
INF Kolt Myers (R-So.) - Grand Canyon
OF Blake Brookins (R-Jr.)

MLB (TBA)

Arrivals (23)

Transfers (9)

High School Commits (14)

RHP Cameron Hanes
RHP Brady Snow - MLB Draft prospect
RHP Ethan Wheeler
LHP Carter Cox
LHP Tyler Ellis
LHP Colin White - MLB Draft prospect
C Luke Labbe
INF Brandon Heller
INF Brandon Lorenzo
INF Keaton Neal
INF Kevin Roberts Jr. - MLB Draft prospect
OF Brady Harris - MLB Draft prospect
OF Lorenzo Laurel
OF Braylen Montgomery

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