The same day Florida baseball crumbled 10-2 to Troy in the NCAA Gainesville Regional finale Monday, the transfer portal opened.
Gators coach Kevin O’Sullivan and his staff have their work cut out this offseason with nine Gators graduating, including starting catcher Karson Bowen and left fielder Blake Cyr. Florida expects to lose key players to the 2026 MLB Draft like Saturday starting pitcher Liam Peterson, a projected first-round pick, and second baseman Cade Kurland.
Gains:
June 4: Jon Embury, catcher, Florida Gulf Coast UniversityWith the Gators losing Bowen, who stayed strong behind the plate with only three errors across 55 games, and senior catcher Cole Stanford, they needed to fill the catcher position.
Florida snagged Baseball America’s No. 2 catcher in the transfer portal, Jon Embury. The catcher collected numerous awards during his 2026 sophomore season at Florida Gulf Coast Atlantic, including Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year and a Buster Posey Award Semifinalist.
Embury spent two years at FGCU and led the Eagles during the 2026 season in hits (79), RBIs (60) and homers (17). On the defensive side, the catcher maintained a 0.993 fielding percentage across 456 chances and logged just three errors throughout his 52 games played this season.
Losses to transfer portal:
June 3: Christian Rodriguez, RHP, redshirt sophomore
Chrisitian Rodriguez made three appearances on the slab in 2026 for Florida. Through his 1 1/3 innings pitched, the right-hander walked two batters and allowed three runs. During the 2025 season, his first year against collegiate opponents, Rodriguez made 22 relief appearances. He posted a 5.32 ERA through 23 1/3 innings while retiring 31 batters and walking 11.
June 1: McCall Biemiller, LHP, sophomore
Left-handed pitcher McCall Biemiller left Florida on the first day of the transfer portal. Biemiller saw the field once in the 2026 season, walking the one batter he faced during the Gators’ 6-0 loss to Alabama on March 20.
The lefty saw more action his 2025 freshman season, appearing in 11 games while posting a 5.93 ERA.
June 1: Matthew Jenkins, RHP, junior
Right-handed pitcher Matthew Jenkins didn’t see any action on the mound during his second season with the Gators. Jenkins started in four of his nine appearances for Florida in 2025, logging 24 strikeouts and a 9.64 ERA across 14 innings pitched. Before joining the Gators, Jenkins started his Gainesville baseball stint at Santa Fe, pitching in 16 games.
June 1: Cooper Moss, RHP, freshman
Right-handed pitcher Cooper Moss didn’t get to try his arm out against collegiate opponents in his freshman season. Moss came from J.R Arnold High School, where he dominated the mound, recording a 1.28 ERA across 247 innings during his 56 career appearances.
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