He’s back! Brady Slavens will play one more year with Arkansas

Brady Slavens’ return to Arkansas in 2023 gives the Diamond Hogs back their leading home-run hitter.

Ask an Arkansas baseball fan and he or she will likely tell you Brady Slavens should have been taken in the 2022 MLB Draft.

But sometimes the serendipitous thing happens to Razorbacks country.

The professional ranks’ loss is the Diamond Hogs gain as Slavens announced he would be returning to the Arkansas baseball team next year.

Slavens spent most of the season as Arkansas’ designated hitter and tied for the team lead with 16 home runs while his 58 RBIs was second. He slashed .255/.332/.523 in what was though to be his final season of college baseball.

Slavens’ return gives Arkansas two starters back in the field, as he joins rising sophomore Peyton Stovall.

Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn has been busy in the transfer portal to fill the holes left off last season’s College World Series team, including a transfer from Austin Peay at shortstop and a catcher from New Mexico State as recently as Thursday.