The Big Ten is a baseball conference that has really flown under the radar in the past. This offseason we saw a number of players flocking to the Big Ten, so let’s take a look at the Top 8 Transfers for 2026.
#1 Will Gasparino | UCLA
Over the summer Will announced that he would be coming back home to LA to represent the hometown team with the UCLA Bruins. Over his two years as a Texas Longhorn he hit .247 with 27 doubles and 25 home runs, knocking in 96 RBI. While his bat is plenty productive, the production doesn’t stop there. He is one of the best outfielders in the nation, earning himself a spot on the 2025 SEC All-Defensive Team. Last season UCLA made it all the way to the College World Series, they returned a good amount of their roster and additions like Will only make them more dangerous for 2026. Will is the dynamic type of player who can make an impact right away, so I’d expect to see him contributing to a lot of Bruin wins this season.
#2 Kyle Remington | Illinois
Kyle spent his first two years of college baseball representing the Minnesota Golden Gophers, where on the mound he held a 5.15 ERA in 106.2 innings pitched. He’s one of those pitchers that I just genuinely enjoy watching, he has a funky leg kick and fills up the zone, attacking hitters with 61% strikes. Over the summer he seems to have really found a groove playing for the Cotuit Kettleers in the Cape Cod League, where in 11.1 innings pitched he held a 0.79 ERA while only surrendering one hit.
#3 Logan Reddemann | UCLA
Another massive addition for the Bruins comes in from of San Diego transfer Logan Reddeman, who last season for the Toreros held a minuscule 2.29 ERA in 55 innings pitched. He struck out 53 batters while only walking 12 in 2025. Over the summer his elite command was on full display for the Orleans Firebirds where he held a 3.22 ERA in 22.1 innings pitched, collecting 25 strikeouts and only issuing three walks. Aside from having a fastball that’ll sit in the low-to-mid 90’s, he works at an incredibly fast pace which can make it feel like trying to drink water from a fire hose for opposing hitters. Aside from throwing everything for a strike, he does this by starting everything in the same tunnel making it really tough for hitters to pick up on.
#4 Chase Krewson | Rutgers
Chase started his college career off at Duke where he hit .331 with 3 doubles and 5 home runs. Following his freshman campaign he decided to transfer to UCF where as a sophomore he hit .279 with 4 doubles and a home run. This summer he played for the Wareham Gatemen on the Cape where he continued to rake, hitting .306 on the summer with 6 doubles. Chase has a good amount of speed that’ll allow him to play just about anywhere in the outfield with relative ease, he also went 12 for 14 on stolen bases in just 34 games this summer.
#5 Gabe Miranda | Oregon
Gabe started his college career off as a TCU Horned Frog where he saw limited action redshirting as a freshman back in 2023. In 2024 he was primarily utilized as a defensive replacement but knew he could be doing more. Following his stint at TCU he transferred to Northern Kentucky where he absolutely went off for the Norse in 2025, hitting .338 with 14 doubles, 12 home runs, and collecting 69 RBI. While he has a ton of power, he still has a good amount of speed on him going 11-15 on stolen bases in 2025.
#6 Logan Runde | Iowa
Logan is another guy who looks to make a big splash in the Big Ten this season, he’s heading home to Iowa after two seasons with Florida International. In those two seasons he complied 101 innings pitched in which he held a 5.70 ERA, pitching to an impressive 87/31 K/BB ratio. Logan will attack hitters with a true 5 pitch mix. His fastball sits in the low 90’s that he pairs with a solid change up, then he also has a slider, cutter and curveball that he can consistently get over for strikes in just about any count.
#7 Henry Kaczmar | Ohio State
Henry announced over summer that he would be making his way back to Ohio State after a brief hiatus down at South Carolina. Last season he hit .315 with 7 doubles and 6 home runs for the Gamecocks. He’s one of those players that was just born to put the ball in play. In his first season with the Buckeyes back in 2023 he hit .293, then he followed that up with a sophomore season where he upped the average to a cool .320. Oddly enough each of his two years he spent at Ohio State he hit exactly 10 doubles and 7 home runs, so personally I’m excited to see if he can keep consistent with those numbers or if he will exceed them. Either way I love that the program welcomed him back for 2026.
#8 Jay Miller | Washington
Jay is definitely one of the more interesting players on this list. Originally from Newfoundland, Canada, Jay started his collegiate career off at UNC-Greensboro, where over three seasons he compiled a 5.64 ERA in 177 innings pitched and racked up 147 strikeouts. He’s joining the Huskies after a career best season in 2025, posting a 4.98 ERA while picking up 69 strikeouts in 59.2 innings pitched. Newfoundland as an Island has a phenomenal track record of producing dogs, being the origin point of both the dogs that bear its namesake, but also it is where Labrador Retrievers are from too. Both are always solid options as dogs, so I am thrilled to see how well they produce Huskies in the 2026 season.