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Auburn baseball adds former Florida LHP Cade Fisher from transfer portal

Fisher won 10 games and struck out 124 batters in two seasons for the Gators.

Auburn baseball head coach [autotag]Butch Thompson[/autotag] is working to rebuild his roster following an unconventional season that saw Auburn miss out on the SEC Tournament for the first time since 2016. So far, Thompson has landed eight players from the transfer portal, arguably his biggest addition committing to the program over the weekend.

[autotag]Cade Fisher[/autotag], a left-handed pitcher originally for the Florida Gators, announced Saturday that he would take his talents to another fellow SEC program, the Auburn Tigers.

Fisher was a highly-touted recruit out of high school. The Dalton, Georgia native signed with Florida as the No. 12 national LHP from the 2022 class, and the top overall pitcher from Georgia. He ended his high school career with a 0.71 ERA, the lowest in all Georgia High School Association classifications.

His stellar high school career translated to college as he earned a freshman All-American honor from Perfect Game and was named to the SEC All-freshman team in 2023. He earned those accolades by building a 6-0 record with 48 strikeouts to 13 walks in 27 appearances.

Last season at Florida, he finished 4-3 with a career-high 76 strikeouts in 59 1/3 innings with nine starts for the Gators. He also earned valuable College World Series experience during his time at Florida by appearing in seven games in Omaha over the last two seasons. Fisher’s most notable College World Series outing took place in the Gators loss to LSU in the game one of the final series in 2023, where he struck out five batters over 3 1/3 innings of work.

Fisher is the fourth pitcher to commit to Auburn from the transfer portal, joining [autotag]Sam Dutton[/autotag] (LSU), [autotag]Mason Koch[/autotag] (Creighton), and [autotag]Ryan Hetzler[/autotag] (California Baptist). He comes to Auburn with a career ERA of 5.30 and a record of 10-3 in 53 total appearances. He has recorded 124 strikeouts and 42 walks in 108 2/3 innings over the last two seasons at Florida.

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Auburn pitcher Cameron Keshock hits the transfer portal

Keshock is hitting the transfer portal after spending two seasons on the Plains.

Auburn baseball’s roster has been going through a number of changes since the end of its 2024 campaign, one that was very forgetful for the team to say the least. Many players have come and gone through the transfer portal, and the Tigers had a recent move that was made today.

Relief pitcher [autotag]Cameron Keshock[/autotag] is on his way out of the program after just two years on the Plains, leaving after having just minimal outings on the mound.

In his two years with Auburn, Keshock recorded just 8 1/3 innings of work out of the bullpen in 10 appearances. His sophomore season saw him throw 5 1/3 innings, giving up six earned runs on eight hits with seven strikeouts and three walks. He posted 10.13 earned average for the year as well.

His best outing of the season came in the Tigers’ May 7 win at Georgia Tech, where he threw two full innings, giving up no runs on one hit, while walking one and striking out four.

Keshock’s departure is the latest to come out of the Auburn pitching staff since Zach Crotchfelt entered the portal and committed to Texas Tech in June.

While those two are the only pitchers to have left the program, the Tigers have added two in their place with [autotag]Mason Koch[/autotag] and [autotag]Samuel Dutton[/autotag]. Nevertheless, head coach [autotag]Butch Thompson[/autotag] is still looking for major improvements to the pitching staff next season.

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Auburn improves pitching staff with addition of Mason Koch

Koch struck out 60 batters in 38 1/3 innings last season as a reliever at Creighton.

Auburn baseball is looking to turn its program back in the right direction after a down year in 2024. Part of that process is scouting talent out of the transfer portal, which it has been successful with as of late.

One of the Tigers’ most recent additions comes in the form of [autotag]Mason Koch[/autotag] out of Creighton, who has been one of the more highly rated prospects in the portal in this early offseason.

Koch is coming off of a stellar sophomore campaign with the Blue Jays, where he was a relief pitcher for his entire time in the program.

In two years, he posted a 3.48 earned run average in 31 appearances and a strong 5-1 record. All six decisions came in the 2024 season, where he saw increased playing time.

Koch had 25 outings this year where he pitched a total of 38 1/3 innings and racked up six saves in the process. In that time, he struck out 60 batters and gave up 17 walks, while giving up just 14 earned runs as well.

His best appearance of the year came late in the season against a conference foe in UConn, where he pitched for four full innings and struck out eight while walking three. He gave up four hits and no runs as well on the way to the 14-9 victory.

Koch joins a pitching staff that is coming off of posting a 5.94 ERA in 2024, a lot of which came from the arms of the bullpen. Now, he has an opportunity to help improve a pitching staff that needs to turn things around for head coach [autotag]Butch Thompson[/autotag] next season.

The transfer announcement was one of two big ones Auburn received Monday, with the other being former East Carolina outfielder Bristol Carter.

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