2026 Fall College Baseball Reset: Oklahoma

And then there’s Nick Wesloski, who earned some rope down the stretch. Mid-90s fastball with jump and cut for the sophomore, along with a changeup and breaking ball. All in all, those three were very good for their age and then some last season.

Pitchers Brisco Smith and Jaden Barfield are also back. Smith didn’t pitch much in 2026, as he worked in just two contests. Barfield got into 14 games but worked very little in the postseason portion of the schedule. He made up for it with a 34.8% Whiff% in the Cape Cod League this past summer, one of the best in 2026.

Former Texas A&M transfer Jason Bodin returned for 2027, too.

As for the offense, Jason Walk, Dasan Harris, and fifth-year first baseman Dayton Tockey are back for 2027. Harris hit .361 for the Sooners last season, while Walk did a little bit of everything for the Sooners. As for Tockey, his walk-off home run in the Regionals against Georgia Tech helped set the stage for everything else.

Also returning is Kyle Branch, who played 65 games last year for Oklahoma.

The Newcomers

Most of the 2026 Oklahoma Sooners offense is gone. Brendan Brock, Deiten Lachance, Jaxon Willits, and Camden Johnson all went pro this past summer. Trey Gambill & Alec Blair are also off the roster. And on the pitching side, Cameron Johnson, LJ Mercurius, and Mason Bixby are gone.

Given that most of the players on the team started their collegiate careers at schools not named Oklahoma, one would imagine that many of the faces on this year’s team will be new. And that’s exactly the case.

Outfielder Jay Abernathy went from Tennessee to Oklahoma over the summer. Abernathy was a top-flight high school prospect just two years ago. However, in two seasons with the Volunteers, he slashed .255/.377/.362 with four home runs and 17 extra-base hits.

Sawyer Farr is another one of those notable newcomers, as the former Texas A&M Aggie moves up north. Like Abernathy, Farr was a big high school prospect from the 2024 class. Farr only got into 58 games and picked up fewer than 130 at-bats in two seasons down in College Station.

Sophomore Carson Brumbaugh is a two-way player who pitched in one game and played 20 in the field for Arkansas last year. Brumbaugh slashed .140/167/.200 with three extra-base hits.

Cal State Northridge not only lost one of their best pitchers to UNC but also one of their best hitters to the winners of the 2026 CWS. Sophomore Vaughn Coleman hit 10 home runs for CSUN, third-most on the Matadors.

There are some fresh arms from the two-year college scene with the club. Chance Acord, who struck out 75 over 58 innings for Cowley CC, is one of them.

Lastly, there are six freshmen on the tentative 2027 Sooners roster. Anthony Del Angel & Jason Amalbert are new infielders. Amalbert, from the New Jersey high school scene, was hitting the low-90s as a pitcher, giving some idea of what kind of arm he has. And speaking of arms, Jenker Romero was hitting the mid-90s on the PG high school showcase circuit last year.