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

    Jeff Howe

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    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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    4 minutes ago, BornOrange said:

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

    Sure. But SEC arms are a little different than the Big West. 

    38 of 41 hits in 2026 were singles. I will say having more walks than strikeouts is a fantastic trait. Would be fine in the 9-hole to lead into the top of the order for Pack, Armstrong, Solitaria, Rodriguez. Though I suspect there’s another OF addition and we see him essentially as the 4th OF option. 

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    BornOrange
    32 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

    Sure. But SEC arms are a little different than the Big West. 

    38 of 41 hits in 2026 were singles. I will say having more walks than strikeouts is a fantastic trait. Would be fine in the 9-hole to lead into the top of the order for Pack, Armstrong, Solitaria, Rodriguez. Though I suspect there’s another OF addition and we see him essentially as the 4th OF option. 

    I completely agree with you. He most likely will not be able to maintain that level of production against better competition. And we would prefer to find hitters who can hit for both power and average. I agree. 

    My point is that if someone has a .489 OBP with only singles and walks they will definitely start and be batting lead off. The only Longhorn who has had a better OBP since 2013 was Ivan Melendez in his monster year, and that is just as far back as I can look. Someone who gets on base almost half the time is a perfect table setter for your power hitters. And you don’t stash him in the nine hole where you won’t see him until the second or third inning. You want him at the plate (and on base) as much as possible.

     

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