Mississippi State baseballs picks up commitment from George Mason catcher

Originally posted on Mississippi State Bulldogs on SI
By Taylor Hodges | Last updated Jul 10, 2025 12:47 PM ET

It’s been nearly two weeks since Mississippi State’s new baseball coach Brian O’Connor received a commitment from the NCAA transfer portal.

That changed Thursday when former George Mason catcher Andrew Raymond committed to the Bulldogs. Raymond played in 51 games as a freshman last season and posted a .287/.393/.431 slashing line. In 174 at-bats he had 50 hits (10 doubles), five home runs, 33 RBIs, 30 walks and 26 strikeouts.

Hail State @HailStateBB pic.twitter.com/leDpQf7Ac3
— Andrew (@andrewmraymond9) July 10, 2025

Defensively, Raymond had a .980 fielding percentage and allowed five passed balls. In 56 stolen base attempts, he caught eight stealing.

Raymond’s commitment brings O’Connor’s first transfer portal class in Starkville to 16 total players. The transfer portal class still remains at the top of class rankings, but others are closing in.

With this commitment, @Vol_Baseball edges ever closer to the Top. Their summed value is now 6.445 with @HailStateBB at 6.453. If their next commit is in the Top 63 players, they'll overtake number 1. https://t.co/BfXfto4SAs
— 64Analytics (@64Analytics) July 10, 2025

Mississippi State Baseball Roster Tracker

Outgoing Transfers

RHP Will Passeau (Auburn University at Montgomery)
RHP Eli Walker
RHP Gavin Black
INF Dylan Cupp (Dallas Baptist)
INF Lukas Buckner (Coastal Carolina)
LHP Wes Pritchard
RHP Mikhai Grant
OF Landis Davila
OF Michael O'Brien (Arkansas-Little Rock)
OF Nolan Stevens (Oklahoma)
C Jackson Owen (Return to Mississippi State)
C Steven Spalitta (Louisiana Lafayette)
C Ross Highfill (Purdue)
RHP Kevin Mannell (Nebraska)
RHP Cade O'Leary (Florida State)
LHP Robert Fortenberry (Kansas State)
LHP Luke Dotson (Texas)
LHP Bradley Loftin
RHP Duke Stone (Return to Mississippi State)
RHP Jacob Pruitt

Incoming Transfers

LHP Tomas Valincius (Virginia)
OF James Nunnallee (Virginia)
C/INF Chone James (Virginia)
INF Vytas Valincius (Illinois)
OF Aidan Teel (Virginia)
INF Ryder Woodson (NC State)
RHP Maddox Webb (The Citadel)
RHP Jackson Logar (James Madison)
UTL Blake Bevis (Ball State)
RHP Tyler Pitzer (South Carolina)
C Kevin Milewski (Seton Hall)
LHP William Kirk (Virginia)
RHP Brendan Sweeney (South Carolina)
RHP Davion Hickson (Rice)
SS Drew Wyers (Bryant)
C Andrew Raymond (George Mason)