Tennessee Baseball Hosts Southern Cal Transfer Pitcher On Visit Earlier This Week

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Southern Cal right-handed pitcher Brodie Purcell visited Tennessee baseball on Monday and Tuesday this week, GoVols247’s Ben McKee first reported and Purcell told RTI.

Purcell was a Second Team All-Big 10 reliever as a sophomore in 2025, posting a 2.11 ERA, 1.06 WHIP and 52 strikeouts in 42.2 innings pitched. The right-handed pitcher has a highly effective slider and changeup to go along with a mid-90s mph fastball.

The San Juan Capistrano, California native boasted a highly impressed 29.7% strikeout rate last season while also posting an 11% walk rate.

During his freshman season, Purcell posted a 4.03 ERA and 1.38 WHIP in 23 relief appearances and 29 innings pitched. He struck out 31 batters while offering 17 walks.

A rising junior, Purcell is not eligible for this month’s MLB Draft and has to play one more season of college baseball before beginning his professional career.

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Tennessee baseball is undergoing a major overhaul on the mound this offseason, losing 20 pitchers to the transfer portal last month in part due to the coming roster limits under the House Settlement. LHP Dylan Loy was the Vols’ most notable loss to the portal with few others making a significant impact in 2025.

The Vols project to return just four pitchers from their 2024 team in RHP Tegan Kuhns, RHP Brayden Krenzel, RHP Anson Seibert and RHP Nic Abraham. Kuhns and Krenzel each had key roles as freshmen in 2025 while Abraham pitched just 4.1 innings. Seibert was the highest rated pitcher in Tennessee’s 2024 recruiting class but missed the entirety of the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery last summer.

Tennessee has landed six POs (pitcher only) while also adding two more two-way players. The list of portal pitching additions include Virginia LHP Evan Blanco, Rutgers RHP Landon Mack, Rice two-way Blaine Brown, Big South Pitcher of the Year Clay Edmondson (UNC Asheville), SoCon Pitcher of the Year Brady Frederick (ETSU), Kennesaw State’s RHP Bo Rhudy, MIT’s RHP Mason Estrada and Bowling Green two-way star DJ Newman.

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