The offseason is here and that means potential roster reconstruction.Nebraska baseball is bringing in 17 players from the high school and junior college ranks, but several Huskers are already departing. Those departures come by way of exhausted eligibility, the Major League Baseball draft, and the transfer portal.The Huskers put together the best season in years, going 43-17 overall and 23-7, the latter being good enough to finish second in the 17-team Big Ten Conference. The Big Red hosted a regional for the first time since 2008, but bowed out with a 1-2 showing.Haymarket Park was the home of a regional for the first time since Nebraska was in the Big 12 Conference. | Kenny Larabee, KLINThe transfer portal window runs from June 1 through June 30. Follow along with all of the developments below.Exhausted EligibilityMLB Draft with Remaining EligibilityTransfers OutTransfers InReturnersHigh School SigneesJunior College AdditionsTransfer UpdatesExhausted EligibilityNamePositionLynden BruegmanLHPJett BuckINFDylan CareyINFCaleb ClarkLHPGrant CleavingerLHPCole KitchensINFKevin MannellRHPJoshua OverbeekINFRhett StokesINFJalen WorthleyLHPMLB Draft with Remaining EligibilityNamePositionTy HornRHPTransfers OutNamePositionYears RemainingNew SchoolMax BuettenbackOF1Cooper KatskeeRHP1Carter KutzRHP4Nico NewhanINF2Blake SebastianRHP4Transfers InNamePositionYears RemainingPrevious SchoolCaleb HooverOF/INF2South CarolinaCole MooreRHP3IowaReturnersNamePositionYears RemainingPryce BenderRHP2Gavin BlachowiczRHP2Blake EncarnacionRHP3Trey FikesC1Preston FreemanOF1Cooper GraceRHP3Drew GregoOF3Ryan HarrahillRHP1Carson JasaRHP2Will JesskeOF1Carter KelleyINF1Miken MillerC1May MoyerOF1Colin NowaczykLHP2Devin NunezOF2Chase OlsonLHP3Auden PankoninRHP3Case SandersonINF1Joey SenstockINF4Braxton StewartLHP2Reed StrohmeyerINF3Tucker TimmermanRHP1J'Shawn UngerRHP2Jeter WorthleyC3Jace ZiolaRHP3High School SigneesNamePositionHigh School (State)Cal AnthonyOFCreighton Prep (NE)Brody JindraSS/RHPMillard South (NE)Cooper KardokusINFEdmond Memorial (OK)Colton PetersmithOFRolla (MO)Wyatt ReederINFHome School (SD)Colton RoemmichRHPWest Des Moines Valley (IA)Rowen ScholtingRHPMillard West (NE)Zane ShawRHPLawrence Free State (KS)Drew SullivanRHPDubuque (IA)Charlie ZiolaOFCreighton Prep (NE)Junior College AdditionsNamePositionJunior CollegeLogan GrohINFJohnson CountyKeston HolmanRHPJohnson CountyCohen NelsonLHPCloud CountyTyler NessINFMcLennanLachlan RosserLHPHutchinsonTyce PowersLHPNorthwest MississippiBrynner WaiolamaRHPIowa WesternTransfer UpdatesCooper Katskee, RHP - Entered Portal on June 9After two years at Indiana and one at Miami (OH), Katskee's lone season at Nebraska went well. The righty posted a 6-2 record over 18 appearances, with a 5.71 ERA.Pitcher Cooper Katskee is in the transfer portal with one year of eligibility. | Amarillo Mullen While in Bloomington, Katskee had an ERA of 8.22 with 18 strikeouts and nine walks. In Lincoln, he notched 65 Ks to 24 walks.Caleb Hoover, OF/INF - Committed to Nebraska on June 6The Texas native began his college career at Grayson College before transferring to South Carolina for the 2026 season. This year with the Gamecocks, Hoover played in eight games, going hitless over nine at-bats. He did reach base on one walk and a two HPB, leading to a trio of runs scored.Cole Moore, RHP - Committed to Nebraska on June 6A homegrown Iowan, Moore pitched in 20 games, including seven starts as a true freshman. He finished 2026 with a 3-0 record, notching a 4.68 ERA. He had 23 strikeouts and 17 walks on the year.Max Buettenback, OF - Entered Portal on June 5A Lincoln Southeast grad, Buettenback dropped back in the pecking order as a junior compared to his sophomore year.Outfielder Max Buettenback will finish his collegiate career away from Lincoln. | Nebraska AthleticsBuettenback made 31 starts across 40 appearances in 2025. In 2026, he played in 32 games with 16 starts.This past season also saw Buettenback take a step back in average (.286 to .206) and slugging percentage (.532 to .412), as well as every batting category, with nearly half as many at-bats.Nico Newhan, INF - Entered Portal on June 5After one season at Grossmont College, where he was named the Pacific Coast Athletic Association Player of the Year, Newhan made just eight appearances and three starts in Lincoln. He posted a .143 batting average, which included a home run against Auburn back in February.Carter Kutz, RHP - Entered Portal on June 2Out of Wisconsin, Kutz was rated as the No. 24 third baseman in the 2025 class from Perfect Game. He did not see action in Lincoln.Blake Sebastian, RHP - Entered Portal on June 1Perfect Game's No. 13 overall prospect in the state of Kansas for the class of 2025, Sebastian redshirted during the 2026 season at Nebraska.Have a question or comment for Kaleb? Send an email to kalebhenry.huskermax@gmail.com.Add us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow