LSU baseball utility player Drew Bianco enters the transfer portal | Report
BATON ROUGE - LSU baseball utility player Drew Bianco has entered the transfer portal, according to D1 Baseball.
Bianco, a redshirt junior, enters the portal after four seasons with LSU. He played at every position, except for pitcher, during his Tigers career.
This season, Bianco had just five hits in 39 at-bats, zero home runs and four RBIs. His best season came the year before when he hit seven home runs, had a .378 on-base percentage and 21 RBI in 50 games played.
His father, Mike, coached Ole Miss to the program's first national championship last week.
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Bianco is the eighth player to enter the transfer portal from LSU, joining pitcher Jacob Hasty, pitcher Will Safford, infielder Collier Cranford, outfielder Giovanni DiGiacomo, infielder Brennan Holt, pitcher Michael Fowler and outfielder Brody Drost. Drost has already transferred to Louisiana Tech while Holt is heading to Oklahoma State.
LSU has been able to cover its losses by adding some big names from the portal, including NC State slugger Tommy White, UCLA pitcher Thatcher Hurd, Baylor shortstop Jack Pineda, Vanderbilt pitcher Christian Little, Vanderbilt shortstop Carter Young and Creighton pitcher Dylan Tebrake.
Koki Riley covers LSU sports for The Daily Advertiser and the USA TODAY Sports South Region. Email him at kriley@theadvertiser.com and follow him on Twitter at @KokiRiley.
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