NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Privateers baseball season is two weeks away and there are a lot of newcomers that fans will become familiar with as the 2025 progresses from its starting point on Feb. 14 at West Georgia.
In our two-part series, the second will focus on those student-athletes who joined directly from other NCAA schools via the transfer portal.
"We are really pumped about the portal class we brought in this year," said Coach
Phillip Hurst. "In today's landscape it is important to identify the players who can have an impact on your team and we feel like we did that. We have 4 guys that come from teams that were in Regional, Super Regional, and the CWS last year. We also return a familiar face in
Tristan Moore who was the Southland Hitter of the year in 2023."
Here is a look at the transfer portal class ahead of 2025.
TRISTAN MOORE (OF), HOUSTON-2023 Southland Hitter of the Year. Hit 19 homers and drove in 55 runs in his first stint with the Privateers. Also earned ABCA All-Region honors.
JUSTIN BEST (OF), FLORIDA STATE-Perfect Game All-American. Ranked 4
th overall and 2
nd among outfielders in North Carolina. Hit .471 with 40 RBI in senior season at Combine Academy.
MATTHEW GONZALEZ (C), BALL STATE-Has played at FIU and Ball State with a stint at Northwest Florida State JC. Hit .315 at Ball State and made the 2024 MAC All-Tournament Team.
ZACH LONGSHORE (LHP), UTSA-Was an All-Star in the Northwoods Summer League. Previously pitched at Texas Lutheran where he had an 11-3 record over two seasons.
BRYAN LORIGA (INF), NOVA SOUTHEASTERN-Transfer from D-II Nova where he was First Team All-Conference in 2024 after hitting .364 with 15 doubles. Played two seasons at FIU.
JAHLANI ROGERS (OF), MISSOURI STATE-Five homers and 24 RBI at Missouri State last season. Hit .301 and was an Appalachian League All-Star in the summer.
CARSON KIMBALL (RHP), TEXAS STATE-Redshirted at Texas State in 2024. Struck out 26 batters in 24.2 innings during his summer stint in the West Coast League.
KARSON EVANS (C), LOUISIANA TECH-Played in 26 games at Louisiana Tech. Hit a home run during the Fayetteville Regional last season against Southeast Missouri State.
SAWYER TONEY (RHP), SOUTHERN MISS-Rated a Top 500 player nationally by Perfect Game. Had a 2.20 ERA in his freshman season at Shelton State CC.
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