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Bulldog Transfer Deep Dive: MSU's 5th transfer is Army slugger and Freshman All-American Josiah Overbeek. The hard hitting corner infielder set the HR record for Army while having a walk rate over 25%. Josiah Overbeek (2026 Freshman) Prev: Army Ht/Wt: 6'4 / 230 Pos: 3B/DH Bat/Throw: L/R 2026: 46 games played .314 / .514 / .712 (1.226 OPS) 52 R, 48 H, 8 2B, 1 3B, 17 HR 41 K, 56 BB 3/3 Stolen bases #HailStateStats
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Bulldog Transfer Deep Dive: MSU's 5th transfer is Army slugger and Freshman All-American Josiah Overbeek. The hard hitting corner infielder set the HR record for Army while having a walk rate over 25%. Josiah Overbeek (2026 Freshman) Prev: Army Ht/Wt: 6'4 / 230 Pos: 3B/DH Bat/Throw: L/R 2026: 46 games played .314 / .514 / .712 (1.226 OPS) 52 R, 48 H, 8 2B, 1 3B, 17 HR 41 K, 56 BB 3/3 Stolen bases #HailStateStats
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While Overbeek was recruited by the Bulldogs as a slugging third baseman to replace Ace Reese, he also pitched 21.0 innings for Army with a 5.57 ERA, 17 K, 11 BB, across 15 appearances (5 Wins & 5 Saves). While he may never see the mound in Starkville, you know the athleticism and depth potential are there.
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Against playoff teams in 2026 (including 4 SEC teams), @JakeSouders27 had a .306 average with 19 hits, 8 walks, and 5 stolen bases.
Bulldog Transfer Deep Dive: @JakeSouders27 MSU's 2nd transfer commit is one of the top players in the portal according to D1 Baseball. Coach O'Connor's 2nd transfer portal class is off to a hot start. Jake Souders (2026 Sophomore) Prev: Samford University Ht/Wt: 6'2 / 210 Pos: OF Bat/Throw: R/R In 2026: 56 games (35 RF, 21 CF) .356 / .431 / .575 (1.006 OPS) 13 2B, 1 3B, 11 HR, 24 BB, 45 K 17/21 Stolen Bases 53 WRC, 134 WRC 18.6 Line-drive%, 16.4 FB/HR% #HailStateStats
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We'll have season recap deep dives on every player later, but it cannot be overlooked what MSU is returning in these two Sophomores alone. Much less the other returning arms, the incoming freshman class, and any portal additions. Tomas is a Golden Spikes semi-finalist and All-American (ABCA & Baseball America) who led the SEC regular season in Strikeouts and Wins in his Sophomore campaign. 17 starts (11 wins), 97.2 IP, 3.50 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 134 K, 20 BB Sophomore Ryan McPherson missed half of his starts due to injury and still gave MSU 10 starts and 43 innings while posting a 3.56 ERA and 1.16 WHIP with 51 K and 13 BB. It will be difficult to find a better Friday-Saturday duo in the country next year than Valincius & McPherson.
McPherson, Valincius assure Mississippi State fans of their returns for 2027 season together 247sports.com/college/missis…
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Bulldog Transfer Deep Dive: Carson Fair MSU's 4th transfer is another bullpen arm with lockdown closer upside. Carson Fair (2026 Junior) Prev: Memphis Ht/Wt: 5’10 / 185 Pos: RHP Bat/Throw: R/R 2026: 22 relief appearances, 25.2 IP 3.51 ERA, 1.29 WHIP 28 K, 18 BB, 10 ER, .172 b/avg 51.7% ground ball rate 0.0 FB/HR% #HailStateStats
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Bulldog Transfer Deep Dive: Zach Russell MSU's 3rd transfer is an arm with proven SEC success. While Russell has slightly above average strikeout rate upside, he’s feasts on ground balls and soft contact. He led the SEC in groundouts per appearance. A great addition to the existing hard-throwing whiff rate focused MSU pitching staff. Zach Russell (2026 Sophomore) Prev: South Carolina Ht/Wt: 6'2 / 180 Pos: RHP Bat/Throw: R/R 2026: 25 relief appearances, 32 IP 2.53 ERA, 1.38 WHIP 23 K, 20 BB, 9 ER, .209 b/avg 51.1% ground ball rate #HailStateStats
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Bulldog Transfer Deep Dive: @JakeSouders27 MSU's 2nd transfer commit is one of the top players in the portal according to D1 Baseball. Coach O'Connor's 2nd transfer portal class is off to a hot start. Jake Souders (2026 Sophomore) Prev: Samford University Ht/Wt: 6'2 / 210 Pos: OF Bat/Throw: R/R In 2026: 56 games (35 RF, 21 CF) .356 / .431 / .575 (1.006 OPS) 13 2B, 1 3B, 11 HR, 24 BB, 45 K 17/21 Stolen Bases 53 WRC, 134 WRC 18.6 Line-drive%, 16.4 FB/HR% #HailStateStats
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Bulldog Transfer Deep Dive: Zach Russell MSU's 3rd transfer is an arm with proven SEC success. While Russell has slightly above average strikeout rate upside, he’s feasts on ground balls and soft contact. He led the SEC in groundouts per appearance. A great addition to the existing hard-throwing whiff rate focused MSU pitching staff. Zach Russell (2026 Sophomore) Prev: South Carolina Ht/Wt: 6'2 / 180 Pos: RHP Bat/Throw: R/R 2026: 25 relief appearances, 32 IP 2.53 ERA, 1.38 WHIP 23 K, 20 BB, 9 ER, .209 b/avg 51.1% ground ball rate #HailStateStats
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Coach Parker relies a lot on strikeout heavy, high-whiff rate arms and while he’s been very successful with it, a soft contact & low pitch count arm like Russell was missing this year. A guy like this can be a 2-4 inning long relief arm, a 1 inning arm used in 2-3 games a week especially with runners on, a mid-week starter, or even a shutdown closer against the slugging focused SEC opponents like UGA who walk a lot and aren’t afraid of high-velocity pitchers.
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Great coverage of the commitment by @robbiefaulk1878 here. Love that quote from the kid.
JUST IN: Mississippi State has its first bullpen piece out of the portal as South Carolina RHP Zach Russell tells me he has committed. Russell throws 93-96 with a sinker/cutter mix that got 40 groundouts in 32.0 innings. Had a 2.53 ERA as one of USC's best arms. “There’s nothing better than coming into the game with a guy or two on base in a close game and getting your team off the field. It’ll be awesome to do it with that program and in front of that fanbase." state1878.com/south-carolina…
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Jacob Parker is the 2026 @PerfectGameUSA Freshman of the Year. @Parker13Jake becomes only the 4th @HailStateBB player ever to win a national freshman of the year award. He joins: Rafael Palmerio 1983 (Baseball America) JT Ginn 2019 (Collegiate Baseball & Perfect Game) Chrisitan MacLeod 2020 (Collegiate Baseball)
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Bulldog Transfer Deep Dive: @JakeSouders27 MSU's 2nd transfer commit is one of the top players in the portal according to D1 Baseball. Coach O'Connor's 2nd transfer portal class is off to a hot start. Jake Souders (2026 Sophomore) Prev: Samford University Ht/Wt: 6'2 / 210 Pos: OF Bat/Throw: R/R In 2026: 56 games (35 RF, 21 CF) .356 / .431 / .575 (1.006 OPS) 13 2B, 1 3B, 11 HR, 24 BB, 45 K 17/21 Stolen Bases 53 WRC, 134 WRC 18.6 Line-drive%, 16.4 FB/HR% #HailStateStats
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The national praise for the start of this class is off to the races. x.com/JacobRudner/status/206…

Mississippi State adds former Samford slugger Jake Souders, @BaseballAmerica’s No. 19 prospect and a proven hitter. The Bulldogs are the first team to add multiple top-20 transfers so far (No. 16 Brady Christman).
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Jacob Parker is the 43rd @HailStateBB Freshman to earn All-American status in program history. Dakota Jordan was the most recent in 2023 and Rafael Palmeiro was the first in 1983. @Parker13Jake is only the 4th MSU player to earn this award from @NCBWA since they started the Freshman All-American Team awards in 2008. Parker is 1 of 5 finalists to be Baseball America's National Freshman of the Year which will be announced on Thursday. #HailStateStats
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The 2026 lineup was so deep that you could remove all 24 of Ace Reese's HRs and the team still would have set a new single season record with 105 HRs.
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💥Final 2026 HR Leaderboard💥 The Bulldogs set a new single season Home Run record with 129 HRs. The previous record of 103 HRs was set in 2025. 1. Reese (24) 2. Parker (18) 3. Stallman, Sullivan, Milewski (13) T4. Frei (12) 7. Woodson (9) 8. Valincius (7) T9. Bevis, Teel (5) 11. Wyers (4) T12. Chance, Raymond (2) T14. James, Nunnallee (1) #HailStateStats
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