In 2023, South Carolina baseball had its best season since 2016 but fell to the Florida Gators in the Gainesville super regional. In the era of the transfer portal, it came as no surprise that Mark Kingston’s roster started to change as soon as the season ended.
Carolina has seen two players (rising junior infielder Michael Braswell and rising graduate senior relief pitcher Brett Thomas) leave via the transfer portal and has brought in four commitments (outfielders Austin Brinling and Blake Jackson and pitchers Ty Good and Garrett Gainey).