Tennessee baseball left-handed pitcher Dylan Loy intends to enter the transfer portal, GoVols247’s Ben McKee first reported and a source confirmed to RTI Monday. Loy enters the portal after two seasons at Tennessee with two years of eligibility remaining.
Loy’s departure from Tennessee is a bit surprising. The Pigeon Forge native was one of the Vols’ top bullpen arms in 2025 and the top left-handed reliever during the regular season.
The rising junior was tremendous in the first half of the season but struggled some down the stretch. Still, Loy was an arm Tony Vitello and the Tennessee coaching staff asked to do a lot, as the 20-year-old was one of the most trusted arms out of the bullpen.
“We’ve run D-Loy (Dylan Loy) through the ringer this year,” head coach Tony Vitello said after Tennessee clinched the Knoxville Regional.
The 6-foot, 208-pounder saw the mound in 33 games this past season, leading Tennessee. He finished just three appearances shy of Kirby Connell’s single-season program record of 36 that he set in 2024. Loy didn’t give up a run until his 15th appearance of the season (Texas A&M Game 3). He gave up 17 runs in his final 18 appearances.
Loy had some big moments during his time at Tennessee. As a freshman, Loy was a hyper-efficient midweek arm and often midweek starter, but his season-best outing came on the hill at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in the SEC Tournament Championship.
Loy shoved in a scoreless 4.2-inning outing in which he allowed only two hits, walker a pair and struck out five. He earned the win as Tennessee beat LSU to claim its second SEC Tournament title in three years.
In the College World Series Final series, Loy turned in a scoreless 2.0-inning relief appearance in game one of the series. Loy also got an out in the championship game but gave up his lone run across his four NCAA Tournament outings.
In 2025, Loy was lights out in non-conference play but his best outing came in a 3.2-inning relief performance in game two of the Auburn series. Loy allowed just one run on one hit as Tennessee went on to even the series in an extra-innings victory.
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The rising junior was in line to again be one of Tennessee’s most trusted arms in 2026. While Loy was unlikely to become a starter, he was certainly going to have as significant a role that he did in 2025 and likely a more significant role.
Loy’s departure is another blow to a Tennessee pitching staff that returns few key arms entering the 2026 season. However, Tennessee has already gotten transfer portal commitments from a quartet of pitchers— UNC Asheville’s Clay Edmondson, Kennesaw State’s Bo Rhudy, ETSU’s Brady Frederick and MIT’s Mason Estrada. Edmondson and Estrada are both are draft risks.
Sophomores Tegan Kuhns and Brayden Krenzel are Tennessee’s top returners on the pitching staff. Austin Breedlove, Andrew Behnke and Michael Sharman are also returners that pitched some big innings in 2025.
