Cannon Peebles hits the transfer portal

For the second straight year, NC State’s dominant freshman hitter is heading out of Raleigh via the transfer portal. A year after Tommy White hit the exits after a phenomenal freshman year, Cannon Peebles will be following the same path.

Peebles was an ACC All-Freshman honoree and a Freshman All-American this year after hitting .352/.456/.697 across 172 plate appearances with a 15.7 BB% and 16.9 K%. For comparison, White’s All-Everything freshman year with the Wolfpack in 2022 saw him hit .360/.425/.754 over 266 PA with an 8.6 BB% and 18.8 K%.

The argument for Peebles leaving is obvious: with rising junior catcher Jacob Cozart still in the fold, the best-case scenario for the switch-hitting…