Missouri transfer catcher Dalton Bargo announced his commitment to Tennessee on July 6, 2023.
Bargo appeared in 50 games, including 45 starts, for the Tigers in 2023 as a freshman. He recorded a .279 batting average, five home runs, 23 RBIs, 25 runs, six doubles, three triples and 19 walks at Missouri.
Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello discussed Bargo and how he will contribute this season.
“Dalton Bargo has kind of gotten over that, I’m new, I need to find my way, or I want to impress everybody,” Vitello said. “Whatever was going on, he had self-admittedly said, he just wasn’t himself at the start and then ended the fall on a really hot streak, and the one ace in the hole he has is, he knows what the league looks like. He knows what college baseball looks like, he knows being in the starting lineup, so that’ll play to his advantage and he’s got a little sense of determination to him that he didn’t have in the fall too.
“All things combined, he’s gonna be a guy who gets at-bats for us, probably plays behind the plate in the infield and in the outfield, which will be fun. I like that stuff, and he certainly is a blue collar, just tell me where to go coach, type of guy. I think we’ll have a lot of different ways we benefit from him being around, and the cool thing about him, I could go back to that sequence, he’s just getting started and it’s his second year of school, and he’s just getting started.”
