Diamond Hogs land likely starter for outfield via transfer portal before season ends

Former Creighton outfielder Jared Wegner will play for the Diamond Hogs next year.

As Arkansas baseball prepares for the Super Regionals in North Carolina on the weekend, next year’s roster is rounding into a different shape.

Jared Wegner, who was an All-Big East pick with Creighton this season, committed to play for Arkansas next year from the transfer portal.

Wegner hit 11 home runs, knocked in 53 RBIs, stole 11 bags and hit .343 with the Bluejays. His OPS was 1.094, tops on the team.

The Nebraska native is likely to start in the outfield after doing so primarily in left for his career. Arkansas will lose starters Braydon Webb and Chris Lanzilli to exhausted eligibility after the season. Wegner will join Zack Gregory, Jace Bohrofen as the projected starters.

Wegner’s transfer announcement comes on the heels of an excellent season in which another transfer player, catcher Michael Turner (Kent State), won Stillwater Regional MVP after the Hogs dispatched the hosts, Oklahoma State.

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