Okay, so I’ve been diving deep into the whole college baseball transfer portal thing for 2024, and let me tell you, it’s a wild world out there. I wanted to figure out how this whole thing works, especially since my nephew is thinking about transferring.
Getting Started
First, I started by just Googling “college baseball transfer portal 2024”. That gave me a bunch of articles and news stories, but nothing really concrete on how it all works from a player’s perspective. It was more about which big-name players were moving where.
Digging Deeper
Then, I tried to find the actual portal. Figured there had to be some official site, right? It’s not like players just magically appear on other teams. But honestly, I couldn’t find a simple, public-facing “portal” website. It’s more of an internal system, it seems.
Figuring Out the Process (sort of)
From what I gathered, here’s the basic gist:
- A player decides they want to transfer.
- They talk to their current coach (this seems crucial – gotta stay on good terms).
- The coach (or someone in the athletic department) then enters the player’s name into this “transfer portal” system.
- Other coaches can then see the player is available and contact them.
It’s not like a job board where you just apply. It’s more like the coaches do the recruiting after the player is in the portal. And, from what I read, there are all sorts of rules about when coaches can contact players, and who can talk to whom. Gets complicated fast!
Still Some Mysteries
I still haven’t figured out exactly how a player gets noticed, other than, you know, being good at baseball. I guess the coaches have their own networks and scouting systems. I also didn’t find a good way to track every player in the portal. The news only covers the big names.
So that is my experience about searching the college baseball transfer portal, I will keep researching and try to get more detail next time.
