Another Oregon State baseball player to enter transfer portal

Another player is leaving the Oregon State Beavers due to the college baseball transfer portal.

Coach Mitch Canham told The Oregonian/OregonLive that Tyce Peterson, who started 79 games in three seasons with the Beavers, plans to use the portal. This offseason, the 5-foot-10 junior is the fifteenth OSU player to depart for the gateway.

Following a season marred by injuries in his sophomore year, Peterson became a vital member of the Beavers last season, hitting.288 with five home runs, ten doubles, twenty RBIs, 39 runs scored, and twenty-four walks.

Peterson played in 47 games, including 43 starts, last season, so playing time is not a problem, but it’s unclear why he’s departing Corvallis. However, Peterson spent most of his time at designated hitter, so it’s probable that he’s looking for a new home where he can play his natural positions of first base or second base.

The coaching staff at Oregon State did not appear to anticipate his departure, but as Canham pointed out earlier this week, anything can happen in the hectic collegiate baseball winter before the portal closes on July 1.

It is a continuous There are a lot of unanswered questions, and it’s challenging since everyone is looking for solutions right now. Canhamtold On Monday, The Oregonian/OregonLive. Players, coaches, and fans. The truth is that we are coping with it on a day-to-day basis. What happened today was influenced by some of the things I believed yesterday, and it will alter once more.

One of the bigger blows to Oregon State this offseason has been Peterson’s departure. It was not anticipated that the majority of their 15 transfer portal participants would compete for significant roles in the upcoming season. However, Peterson is an exception, joining outfielders Dallas Macias and Carson McEntire as well as right-handers James DeCremer and Laif Palmer.

The players are departing for a number of reasons, chief among them being the new roster-limitation regulations that will cut college baseball rosters to 34 players before to the 2026 season, as well as the desire for more playing time and a higher salary elsewhere.

During his time with the Beavers, Peterson was a streaky hitter. His batting average hovered around.333 in mid-March, fell to.237 in mid-May, and then rose to.288 at the end of the season.

However, he was instrumental in the team’s run to the Men’s College World Series, hitting.395 in 10 postseason games with three home runs, nine RBIs, and nine runs scored. Peterson finished 4 for 4 with a double and two RBIs in the World Series, going 4 for 11 with two walks. He also played a key role in the Beavers’ series-winning triumph over USC at the Corvallis Regional.

In a crucial April game against Arizona, he also had a memorable swing as a freshman, leading the Beavers to a 2-1 victory with a two-run walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth.

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