With the transfer portal opening for college baseball on Monday, June 2, read what Baylor and Mitch Thompson’s most significant needs will be this offseason.

Mitch Thompson’s third season as head coach of the Baylor baseball program has come to an end. The Bears took a noticeable step forward compared to previous years but ultimately came up short of their season’s goal of making the NCAA Tournament.

“I’m still fighting with the thing that I don’t feel like we’ve meshed it all together at one time consistently; it’d be nice to go two to three weeks and pitch well, play well on defense and swing the bats well."

Baylor baseball sixth-year senior right-hander pitcher Gabe Craig and senior infielder Tyriq Kemp were named to the All-Big 12 First Team, while freshman infielder Pearson Riebock and redshirt sophomore infielder Travis Sanders both picked up honorable mention recognition as the 2025 Big 12 Awards.

Baylor baseball (33-21, 13-17) closed the regular season with an 11-7 loss to UCF (29-26, 9-21) in the series finale on Saturday afternoon at John Euliano Park.

After losing six of its last nine conference games, Baylor has been eliminated from the NCAA Tournament, barring an unforeseen run in the Big 12 Tournament next week at Globe Life Field in Arlington.

Baylor baseball (29-18, 10-14) dropped its series to Arizona State (32-17, 16-8) after losing back-to-back contests, including an 8-6 defeat in the finale on Sunday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark.

Baylor baseball (29-17,10-13) had its series evened up against Arizona State (31-17, 15-8) after falling, 4-1, in a pitcher’s duel on Saturday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark.

Baylor baseball (28-16) handled business with a dominant 15-4 victory over Sam Houston (9-36) on Tuesday evening at Don Sanders Stadium.

Baylor baseball (26-16, 8-12) dropped its series against rival TCU (31-12, 14-6) with an 8-4 loss on Saturday afternoon at Lupton Stadium.

Baylor baseball (23-13) overcame an early three-run deficit and pulled off a narrow 9-8 extra-innings win over UT Arlington (13-20) on Tuesday evening at Clay Gould Ballpark.

Baylor baseball (22-12, 6-8) evened its series with a dominating 18-4 win over Texas Tech (10-20, 6-8) on Saturday afternoon at Rip Griffin Park.

Baylor baseball (21-11) dropped its first midweek contest of the season with a disheartening 6-2 defeat to Texas State (16-16) Tuesday evening at Baylor Ballpark.

Baylor baseball (21-10, 5-7) dropped its series to Houston (18-13, 5-7) after falling 4-2 in the finale on a cold and windy Sunday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark.

Baylor baseball (21-9, 5-6) evened up its series against the Houston Cougars (17-13, 4-7) with a narrow 4-3 win on a cold and windy Saturday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark.

Baylor baseball (17-7) picked up its sixth consecutive midweek win with a dominating 13-4 defeat of UT Arlington (7-14) on Tuesday evening at Baylor Ballpark.

Following a 9-1 loss to Kansas on Friday, March 14, things looked even bleaker for Mitch Thompson’s Bears when they limped to a 14-7 defeat on Saturday and opened conference play with two consecutive losses.

Baylor baseball (13-3) extended its win streak to five games and rounded out its homestand with a 9-2 victory over Sam Houston (3-13) on Tuesday evening at Baylor Ballpark.