Roster Construction 2026

[SNAFU]

Latest from MLB Pipeline’s Top 200 draft eligible Vol commits. List of current signees/commits who also cracked the Top 200 list.
No. 7 Billy Carlson
No. 13 Steele Hall
No. 16 Kruz Schoolcraft
No. 57 Cameron Appenzeller
No. 98 Ethan Moore
No. 109 Trent Grindlinger
No. 158 Matt Barr (JUCO)

Gonna be interesting to see who’s left and will be a Vol after the draft. NIL can level the field a bit.

War Room at Generals Quarters

 

[KnoxCentral92]

We are gonna have to hope the tranfers that we can get help us. But our freshman are solid

 

[Bigvalley84]

I think Steele is an interesting one , he’s teammates with Grayson Pope at Trussville , for those that aren’t aware of Grayson’s story it’s quiet remarkable and he’s coming to UT this fall and is gonna be part of the baseball team in some capacity , to be a D1 SEC caliber baseball prospect and suffer a severe brain injury and show the fight and drive just to walk again is amazing , I think Grayson will have an incredible impact on this program and I hope his teammate comes with him , if not it’ll be ok , I hope the UT adm can find a way to give Grayson a full ride

 

[Vols330]

I saw in another thread where someone said no chance that Arvidson comes back. I did not expect that with him being a sophomore. I think he could greatly benefit from coming back and finding a consistent third pitch

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

I saw in another thread where someone said no chance that Arvidson comes back. I did not expect that with him being a sophomore. I think he could greatly benefit from coming back and finding a consistent third pitch

Believe he's a draft eligible sophomore; some pro team is gonna fall in love with his stuff and draft him in the 5th-7th round and pay over the slot bonus money to get him to go pro. I won't be surprised if - like Halvorsen - he's in an MLB bullpen as the setup man/closer within a year or two.

 

[rockytop25]

Gonna be interesting to see who’s left and will be a Vol after the draft. NIL can level the field a bit.

War Room at Generals Quarters

Think if all those guys get drafted in projection to that list, they won't ever make it to campus.

Gotta hope some guys fall through like Clark, Abernathy, Seibert (even though he didn't pitch this year), and the rest of the freshman class did.

 

[taylorvol]

Here’s my composition of final 2025 roster for a start. I will update accordingly for 2026.
Partially Updated 6/4/25
taylorvol said:

BaseVols Roster 2025

Player	Year	Position	Bats	26 Status
1 Dean Curley	Soph	SS, 3B	R	MLB
2 Ariel Antigua	Soph	SS, 2B, 3B	R	On Roster
5 Cannon Peebles	Jr	C, DH	Switch	MLB
6 Gavin Kilen	Jr	2B, SS	Left	MLB
7 Nate Snead	Jr	RHP/Weekend Closer		MLB
8 Hunter High	Soph	UTL	Left	On Roster
9 Hunter Ensley	R Sr	CF	R	Graduated/MLB
10 Jay Abernathy	Fr	DH,LF, 2B	Left	Active
11 Andrew Fischer	Jr	3B,1B	Left	MLB
12 Liam Doyle	Jr	LHP/Weekend Starter		MLB
13 Reese Chapman	Jr	RF	Left	MLB
14 Blake Grimmer	R Fr	3B, 1B	Left	On Roster
15 Manny Marin	Fr	3B, SS, 2B	R	Active
16 Dalton Bargo	Jr	1B,C,RF,3B,LF,DH	Left	On Roster
17 Thomas Crabtree	So	RHP		Active
18 Austin Breedlove	Jr	RHP/Weekend Relief		Active
19 Andrew Behnke	Jr	LHP/Weekend Relief		On Roster
20 Colby Backus	R Sr	LF/DH	R	Graduated
21 Tegun Kuhns	Fr	RHP/Weekend Starter		Active
23 Marcus Phillips	Jr	RHP/Weekend Starter		MLB
25 Brandon Arvidson	Jr	LHP/Weekend Relief		MLB
27 Stone Lawless	R Fr	C,1B,DH	R	On Roster
28 Ryan Combs	Jr	RHP/Weekend Relief		Active
29 Aidan Hayse	Fr	RHP		Active
30 Levi Clark	Fr	DH,1B, C	R	Active
31 Austin Hunley	R Soph	RHP/Weekend Relief		Active
32 Tate Strickland	Fr	RHP		Active
33 Brayden May	R Fr	LHP		Active
33 AJ Russell	Jr	RHP/Weekend Relief (late March)		MLB
35 Michael Sharman	R Jr	LHP/Weekend Relief		Active
37 Dylan Loy	Soph	LHP/Weekend Relief		On Roster
38 Brooks Wright	Fr	C	R	Redshirt
40 Jaxon Walker	Fr	OF	Left	Active
41 Chris Newstrom	Fr	UTL	R	Active
42 Brennon Seigler	Fr	OF	R	Redshirt
43 Luke Payne	So	LHP/Weekend Relief		On Roster
44 Nic Abraham	Fr	RHP		Active
45 Stratton Scott	Fr	RHP		Redshirt
45 Tanner Wiggins	Soph	RHP		Active
46 Brayden Sharp	R Fr	OF,LHP/Weekend Relief	Left	On Roster
48 Robinson Martin	Fr	INF	R	PORTAL
50 Tanner Franklin	Jr	RHP/Weekend Relief		MLB
Dane Morrow	Fr	UTL	Left	Active
Jackson Jones	Fr	1B,3B,OF	R	PORTAL
Ryler Smart**	Fr	LHP		Medical Redshirt?
Andrew Dumont**	Fr	RHP		Medical Redshirt?
Beau Revord	Fr	LF	Left	Redshirt
Anton Seibert**	Fr	RHP		Medical Redshirt
Bryson Thacker	R Fr	LHP		PORTAL
Brayden Krenzel	Fr	RHP		Active
Dane Bjorn	R Fr	LHP		Medical Redshirt?
Alberto Osuna*	Grad	1B/DH	Right	Ineligible
Ben Martin	Fr	RHP		Redshirt

NOTES:
53 total players
40 On Active Roster
4 Medical Redshirt
7 Redshirts
1 Ineligible
48 healthy players (counting Osuna who technically isn’t eligible yet)
22 listed on 2025 Fall Roster
18 Will Be = likely to be on roster based on Fall and Winter performance.
NCAA allows 40 on active roster; SEC allows 36 on active roster
Bold=projected starter as position player or DH
* Waiting on Eligibility ruling due to NCAA incompetence
**likely medical redshirt

 

[Volprofch05]

Here’s my composition of final 2025 roster for a start. I will update accordingly for 2026.
taylorvol said:

BaseVols Roster 2025 (Updated 3/8/25)

Player	Year	Position	Bats	Status
1 Dean Curley	Soph	SS, 3B	R	On Roster
2 Ariel Antigua	Soph	SS, 2B, 3B	R	On Roster
5 Cannon Peebles	Jr	C, DH	Switch	On Roster
6 Gavin Kilen	Jr	2B, SS	Left	On Roster
7 Nate Snead	Jr	RHP/Weekend Closer		On Roster
8 Hunter High	Soph	UTL	Left	On Roster
9 Hunter Ensley	R Sr	CF	R	On Roster
10 Jay Abernathy	Fr	DH,LF, 2B	Left	Active
11 Andrew Fischer	Jr	3B,1B	Left	On Roster
12 Liam Doyle	Jr	LHP/Weekend Starter		On Roster
13 Reese Chapman	Jr	RF	Left	On Roster
14 Blake Grimmer	R Fr	3B, 1B	Left	On Roster
15 Manny Marin	Fr	3B, SS, 2B	R	Active
16 Dalton Bargo	Jr	1B,C,RF,3B,LF,DH	Left	On Roster
17 Thomas Crabtree	So	RHP		Active
18 Austin Breedlove	Jr	RHP/Weekend Relief		Active
19 Andrew Behnke	Jr	LHP/Weekend Relief		On Roster
20 Colby Backus	R Sr	LF/DH	R	On Roster
21 Tegun Kuhns	Fr	RHP/Weekend Starter		Active
23 Marcus Phillips	Jr	RHP/Weekend Starter		On Roster
25 Brandon Arvidson	Jr	LHP/Weekend Relief		Active
27 Stone Lawless	R Fr	C,1B,DH	R	On Roster
28 Ryan Combs	Jr	RHP/Weekend Relief		Active
29 Aidan Hayse	Fr	RHP		Active
30 Levi Clark	Fr	DH,1B, C	R	Active
31 Austin Hunley	R Soph	RHP/Weekend Relief		Active
32 Tate Strickland	Fr	RHP		Active
33 Brayden May	R Fr	LHP		Active
33 AJ Russell	Jr	RHP/Weekend Relief (late March)		On Roster
35 Michael Sharman	R Jr	LHP/Weekend Relief		Active
37 Dylan Loy	Soph	LHP/Weekend Relief		On Roster
38 Brooks Wright	Fr	C	R	Redshirt
40 Jaxon Walker	Fr	OF	Left	Active
41 Chris Newstrom	Fr	UTL	R	Active
42 Brennon Seigler	Fr	OF	R	Redshirt
43 Luke Payne	So	LHP/Weekend Relief		On Roster
44 Nic Abraham	Fr	RHP		Active
45 Stratton Scott	Fr	RHP		Redshirt
45 Tanner Wiggins	Soph	RHP		Active
46 Brayden Sharp	R Fr	OF,LHP/Weekend Relief	Left	On Roster
48 Robinson Martin	Fr	INF	R	Redshirt
50 Tanner Franklin	Jr	RHP/Weekend Relief		On Roster
Dane Morrow	Fr	UTL	Left	Active
Jackson Jones	Fr	1B,3B,OF	R	Redshirt
Ryler Smart**	Fr	LHP		Medical Redshirt?
Andrew Dumont**	Fr	RHP		Medical Redshirt?
Beau Revord	Fr	LF	Left	Redshirt
Anton Seibert**	Fr	RHP		Medical Redshirt?
Bryson Thacker	R Fr	LHP		Active
Brayden Krenzel	Fr	RHP		Active
Dane Bjorn	R Fr	LHP		Medical Redshirt?
Alberto Osuna*	Grad	1B/DH	Right	Ineligible
Ben Martin	Fr	RHP		Redshirt

NOTES:
53 total players
40 On Active Roster
4 Medical Redshirt
7 Redshirts
1 Ineligible
48 healthy players (counting Osuna who technically isn’t eligible yet)
22 listed on 2025 Fall Roster
18 Will Be = likely to be on roster based on Fall and Winter performance.
NCAA allows 40 on active roster; SEC allows 36 on active roster
Bold=projected starter as position player or DH
* Waiting on Eligibility ruling due to NCAA incompetence
**likely medical redshirt

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