Texas baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle didn't exactly use the long weekend to kick his feet up and relax by the pool.
Instead, Schlossnagle used his days "off" to land two of the top prospects out of the transfer portal, adding two beautiful recruits to a roster that was already pretty darn close to picture-perfect.
Over the weekend, former Saint Mary's catcher Ian Armstrong and former Kent State outfielder Sawyer Solitaria both committed to the Longhorns, beefing up Texas's transfer portal class that could have the team topping the national rankings.
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While Schlossnagle hasn't landed a lot of commitments out of the portal, the three players who have committed to Texas perfectly fill in the gaps following the expected departures this offseason.
Ian Armstrong, Sawyer Solitaria join Linkin Garcia in Texas transfer class
Before the Horns even began their postseason run, Schlossnagle received a commitment from former Texas Tech infielder Linkin Garcia, getting the ball rolling in Texas's transfer portal efforts. The additions of Armstrong and Solitaria brought even more juice to the group.
While playing in his true-freshman season for the Kent State Golden Flashes, Solitaria was named the MAC Freshman of the Year and to the All-MAC First Team. He earned a .294 batting average while earning 32 starts at designated hitter in 54 game appearances
Solitaria racked up 62 total hits, including eight home runs, with 20 multi-hit games and 14 multi-RBI games. On the defensive side of the ball, he earned a .961 fielding percentage.
Armstrong played two seasons for the Saint Mary's Gaels and was named to the All-WCC First Team as a sophomore, as well as earning a place on the WCC All-Freshman Team a season before.
Over the last two years, he earned a jaw-dropping .356 batting average. He produced 91 RBIs on a whopping 135 hits, which included 16 home runs during the 2026 season alone. Through 103 games for the Gaels, he earned 98 starts and committed a minimal five errors behind the plate.
On the other side of things, Schlossnagle and his staff have lost zero current players to the portal, currently maintaining a 100 percent retention rate for Longhorns who had remaining eligibility after the season concluded.
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Beyond the transfer portal, Texas is about to gain one of the best recruiting classes in the nation, landing the No. 4 class of 2026. While a few of the Texas commits might head to the MLB Draft, the Horns are about to gain more than a dozen new players for their roster.
Schlossnagle's latest recruiting class (21 commits) only trails the Vanderbilt Commodores (23), LSU Tigers (24), and Tennessee Volunteers (19) on both the national and SEC team recruiting rankings.
With so much talent heading to the 40 Acres and so few talented players heading out the door, Texas should undoubtedly expect a return to Omaha next year, if not a deeper run in the College World Series.
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