If significant moves aren’t made, this team could enter 2025 in a similar situation to last spring – a talented lineup with a ton of question marks on the mound.

Now, the focus shifts to a critical offseason in which Thompson will have to hire a new pitching coach, rebuild a pitching staff and retain the current talent on the roster. Today, I’ll address Baylor’s biggest needs in the transfer portal, which opens Monday, June 3.

In two years under Leverton, the Bears pitching staff struggled immensely. In 2024, BU had the fourth-highest ERA (6.51) in the Power Five. Baylor was also last in the conference in free passes issued (340) and second-to-last in batting average against (.284).

Mitch Thompson’s second season as head coach of the Baylor baseball program has come to an end. I’ll break down the survey answers and reflect on this year while looking forward to a critical offseason as well.

Baylor baseball (22-30, 10-19) ended its 12-game conference losing streak after splitting its doubleheader with UCF (32-18, 13-15) Friday at Baylor Ballpark.

Baylor baseball (20-24, 9-13) extended its conference losing streak to six games with a 7-1 loss to TCU (27-16, 11-14) in the series opener Friday night at Baylor Ballpark.

Two weeks ago, Baylor baseball was riding a hot streak, winning nine of its last 10 games and heading into a huge series at home against Kansas. Now, they've lost five straight conference games and are trending downward going into the final stretch.

Baylor baseball (19-21, 9-10) was blown out in the series opener by West Virginia (24-17, 12-7), 18-5, Friday night at Kendrick Family Ballpark.

The Bears had a big opportunity this past weekend at home to make a statement but squandered it. With a month left in the season, what’s next? Will Baylor make the Big 12 Tournament?

Baylor baseball (18-18, 9-7) extended its winning streak to five games with a 14-5 thrashing of Kansas (19-15, 7-9) in the series opener Friday night at Baylor Ballpark.

The Bears have won eight of their last nine games and are coming off three consecutive series wins, including a road sweep of the BYU Cougars in Provo.

Baylor baseball (14-18, 6-7) extended its conference winning streak to three games with a 9-2 victory over BYU (14-16, 6-10) in the series opener Thursday night at Miller Park.

Baylor baseball (12-17) recorded its fourth-straight victory with a 13-7 thrashing of Incarnate Word (15-13) Friday night at Baylor Ballpark.

Baylor baseball (9-17, 4-7) ended its four-game losing streak with an 8-6 victory over Cincinnati (16-12, 4-4) Friday night at Baylor Ballpark.

Baylor baseball (8-16, 3-6) will return home for a conference series against the Big 12 newcomer Cincinnati Bearcats (15-11, 3-3). First pitch on Thursday is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

In the last-ever series as conference foes, Baylor baseball (8-13, 3-4) walked away with a 4-3 come-from-behind extra innings victory in the series opener to Texas (14-9, 2-2) Friday night at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

Baylor baseball (5-12, 0-4) dropped its Big 12 home opener to No. 24 Texas Tech (14-4, 2-2), 2-0, Friday night at Baylor Ballpark.

In Houston's (9-4) inaugural Big 12 contest, Baylor baseball (4-9) couldn’t play spoiler and walked away with a 4-3 loss on Friday night at Schroeder Park.