OTF Premium Texas adds to baseball transfer portal haul with Long Beach State OF Trevor Goldenetz

[Jeff Howe]

After wrapping an official visit to Texas on Wednesday, Long Beach State outfielder Trevor Goldenetz became the latest transfer portal commitment for Jim Schlossnagle and the Longhorns.

Goldenetz is the second transfer outfielder to commit to Texas in the current cycle, joining Kent State’s Sawyer Solitaria. Goldenetz and Solitaria make up a four-member portal haul as of Wednesday, a group that includes Texas Tech infielder Linkin Garcia and St. Mary’s catcher Ian Armstrong.

The 6-foot-1-inch, 180-pound Goldenetz had a productive season as a freshman for the Dirtbags, hitting .370 in 30 games before suffering a hand injury, which forced him to miss more than a month of action in April and May. Goldenetz, who scored 26 runs, walked 19 times and recorded a .489 on-base percentage, made it back to appear in the team’s season-ending road loss to Cal Poly on May 16 after he was hit by a pitch and scored a run in an April 6 home loss to Cal Baptist.

With All-American Aiden Robbins expected to be an early-round selection in the 2026 MLB Draft, Jayden Duplantier and Dariyan Pendergrass out of eligibility and Maddox Monsour entering the transfer portal, Schlossnagle’s staff has made acquiring outfielders a priority during the current portal cycle.  While the Longhorns will welcome SEC Freshman of the Year Anthony Pack Jr. back for his sophomore season in 2027, Jonah Williams is coming off an early-season shoulder injury and returned to the football program for the 2026 season, forcing Schlossnagle and the Texas coaches to mine the portal for players fit to compete for the two open outfield spots alongside Pack.

Along with Goldenetz and Solitaria, the Longhorns continue to pursue other transfer targets in the outfield. On Texas Football has been told that Oregon transfer Angel Laya (.296/.396/.538 with 14 home runs and 47 RBI) is one of the targets of interest for Texas.

Texas Baseball Transfer Portal Tracker

Incoming:

Linkin Garcia, INF, Texas Tech (Fr.)

Ian Armstrong, C, St. Mary's (Soph.)

Sawyer Solitaria, OF, Kent State (Soph.)

Trevor Goldenetz, OF, Long Beach State (Fr.)

Outgoing:

Will Hill, OF, Fr.

Jadyn Ferguson, RHP, Fr. (Missouri)

Cooper Rummel, RHP, Fr. (Duke)

Presley Courville, C, Fr.

Kade Bing, LHP, Jr.

Andrew Ermis, C, Jr.

Callum Early, INF, Soph.

Maddox Monsour, UTIL, Fr.

Jason Flores, RHP, Soph.

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[UTexas]

🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[AXA_XVII]

Dude screams 9 hole and I don’t mean that in a bad way. 

[CJ Vogel]

1 minute ago, AXA_XVII said:

Dude screams 9 hole and I don’t mean that in a bad way. 

I tend to agree. A good ole fashioned contact speedster from the bottom of the order who can play all 3 spots in the outfield. 

[Bobby Burton]

“Great kid. Big upside.”

From a friend.

[CJ Vogel]

I sit here and wonder if Texas will have the top end power/HR ability that we saw in the heart of the order in 2026. 

I still suspect they aren’t done, but we will see. 

[AXA_XVII]

1 minute ago, CJ Vogel said:

I tend to agree. A good ole fashioned contact speedster from the bottom of the order who can play all 3 spots in the outfield. 

Gotta love it, honestly. I don’t expect him to hit .370 in the sec/all season but if you can get anything close to .300 or a tick below/above at the bottom, it’s a good get. 

[CJ Vogel]

Portal additions so far:

3B Linkin Garcia — 4 HR … .877 OPS

C Ian Armstrong — 16 HR … 1.069 OPS

OF Sawyer Solitaria — 16 HR … .954 OPS

OF Trevor Goldenetz — 0 HR … .895 OPS

 

I suspect there’s room for one more OF. 

[Jeff Howe]

5 minutes ago, AXA_XVII said:

Gotta love it, honestly. I don’t expect him to hit .370 in the sec/all season but if you can get anything close to .300 or a tick below/above at the bottom, it’s a good get. 

Anything close to .300 will be better than what Texas had in the bottom third of the order at the end of the season.

[AXA_XVII]

Just now, CJ Vogel said:

Portal additions so far:

3B Linkin Garcia — 4 HR … .877 OPS

C Ian Armstrong — 16 HR … 1.069 OPS

OF Sawyer Solitaria — 16 HR … .954 OPS

OF Trevor Goldenetz — 0 HR … .895 OPS

 

I suspect there’s room for one more OF. 

Think we go after the kid from Oregon?

[Joe Zura]

Does he play LG sorry wrong thread 

[Jeff Howe]

Just now, AXA_XVII said:

Think we go after the kid from Oregon?

Yes. We've reported that Angel Laya is a target.

[AXA_XVII]

1 minute ago, Jeff Howe said:

Anything close to .300 will be better than what Texas had in the bottom third of the order at the end of the season.

100%

[Dawson Yarbrough]

Thanks Blake! I Don’t want to worry too much about outgoing guys, but was Monsour set to get a ton of time? Is he a big loss?

[.45s]

14 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

I sit here and wonder if Texas will have the top end power/HR ability that we saw in the heart of the order in 2026. 

I still suspect they aren’t done, but we will see. 

That would be nice, but they need a bit more power throughout the lineup for those occasions where the big guns don't do so well (see the 2026 World Series)

[Assistant Regional Manager]

7 minutes ago, Dawson Yarbrough said:

Thanks Blake! I Don’t want to worry too much about outgoing guys, but was Monsour set to get a ton of time? Is he a big loss?

This guy basically replaced Monsour.

[Bevohorns]

The lack of power by our additions is a bit underwhelming. I dont want a repeat of this years lineup 

[CJ Vogel]

2 minutes ago, .45s said:

That would be nice, but they need a bit more power throughout the lineup for those occasions where the big guns don't do so well (see the 2026 World Series)

Yes. That’s more of what I mean. Balanced 1–9 power. Doesn’t even need to be HR, but extra base hit ability. 

Something that isn’t super predictable to pitch against. 

[Nikolas24]

Other than the Oregon OF. Is there any other targets out there that you can tell us? 

[Assistant Regional Manager]

1 minute ago, Bevohorns said:

The lack of power by our additions is a bit underwhelming. I dont want a repeat of this years lineup 

We have added two guys who hit 16 home runs and another one who is 6’4 with a profile that screams an uptick in power is coming.

Is your take that the lineup this year lacked power? They hit 105 home runs while playing 80% of their games a pitcher friendly park.

[SuperDave0805]

Can he hit a slider??

[Caden Kuykendall]

Do we have anyone else visiting today?

[horns96]

Stoked to finally have a Dirtbag on the roster!🤘

[Glass Joe]

50 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

Portal additions so far:

3B Linkin Garcia — 4 HR … .877 OPS

C Ian Armstrong — 16 HR … 1.069 OPS

OF Sawyer Solitaria — 16 HR … .954 OPS

OF Trevor Goldenetz — 0 HR … .895 OPS

 

I suspect there’s room for one more OF. 

Add Laya (14 HRs), retain Borba (18 HRs), and get a full season of ABs from ARod, and I’m guessing we have 5-6 players with double digit HRs in the lineup next season.

I also expect the Frosh on this list (Pack, Laya, Garcia) to see their HR numbers go up in year 2 of their careers.

[CoachBobbyFinstock]

45 minutes ago, Bevohorns said:

The lack of power by our additions is a bit underwhelming. I dont want a repeat of this years lineup 

I’ll take some hit for average put the ball in play guys any day.