The Alabama baseball pitching staff has been impacted by departures via the transfer portal and eligibility lapses. On Thursday, the group got its first addition for the 2026 campaign in the form of ex-Texas State righty Matthew Tippie.

Tippie has one year of eligibility left on his ledger. He worked 46 innings in the 2025 season, with a 4.11 ERA across 26 appearances and 73 strikeouts to show for it. He did not make any starts.

Alabama made the NCAA Tournament but went 0-2 in the Hattiesburg Regional, with bullpen struggles partly to blame for the quick exit: Braylon Myers and Carson Ozmer combined to give up three runs in the season-ending loss against Southern Miss last Saturday.

To add injury to insult from a depth and experience standpoint, Myers and Ozmer's time in college is up

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