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

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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PaulieD

Supporters
11 hours ago, Assistant Regional Manager said:

This guy basically replaced Monsour.

I wonder if he might have a bigger ceiling/upside?

  • Moderators
12 hours 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. 

Texas will for sure take another OF.

Triplettjoseph

Supporters

Are we going after any pitchers? We lost 2 and our depth was shaky last season 

Kyle Vochoska

Supporters

What’s the date that the guys that have to make a decision for the MLB draft?

  • Moderators
1 minute ago, Triplettjoseph said:

Are we going after any pitchers? We lost 2 and our depth was shaky last season 

They'll take up to three.

  • Moderators
Just now, Kyle Vochoska said:

What’s the date that the guys that have to make a decision for the MLB draft?

There's no declare date.

.45s

Members
19 minutes ago, Kyle Vochoska said:

What’s the date that the guys that have to make a decision for the MLB draft?

Like Blake said, they do not have to declare.  Many make the decision to go pro or not after the draft.  The really good ones who are predicted to high, may indicate in advance they are going but still have to wait and see how high they go in the draft.  College players and high schoolers who want to go but are not sure where they will be drafted just sit back and wait for the draft and then make a decision based on how high they are drafted and how much money they will get.  Some high schoolers who will probably be drafted sometimes tell pro scouts that they intend to go to college even if drafted and that can effect where they are drafted, probably slipping a bit in the draft.  With some NIL money available for college ball there is more of an enticement to play in college for some of the people.  Of course, there are some really good players who still choose to go to college even if they are drafted relatively high because they and their families want the college experience, an education, and development.  

  • Moderators
3 hours ago, BornOrange said:

 

If he is able to maintain a .489 OBP, he should be leading off.

 

This take strikes me as a 4th outfielder option. 

Glass Joe

Supporters
3 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

This take strikes me as a 4th outfielder option. 

Agreed.  Replacing Pendergast / Duplantier with a much better OBP and not losing any speed / defensive capabilities.  Plus, 3+ seasons potentially on the roster (good for culture).

BornOrange

Supporters
23 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

This take strikes me as a 4th outfielder option. 

If he is able to maintain that level of production, he will be starting

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