Report: Oklahoma State Baseball Adds Missouri Transfer Infielder Drew Culbertson

After another successful MLB Draft for Oklahoma State baseball, the Cowboys are retooling.

Oklahoma State had eight players taken in last week’s MLB Draft, but the Cowboys thus far have done a fine job at recouping those losses via the portal. That continues this week, as the Cowboys have added Missouri transfer infielder Drew Culbertson, according to The O’Colly’s Daniel Allen. Only a freshman this past season, Culbertson will have three years of eligibility remaining.

Listed at 6-foot, 180 pounds, Culbertson made 45 starts primarily at shortstop for the Tigers as a freshman. He hit just .191 but had a .932 fielding percentage in 176 chances. At the plate, Culbertson had 22 runs scored, seven RBIs, three doubles, a triple and a home run in 162 at-bats.

Out of Greenwood, Indiana by way of Center Grove High School, Culbertson hit .419 with eight home runs as a high school senior. Perfect Game listed him as the No. 500 player in the country in his recruiting class. His best Perfect Game Grade was a 9.5 (out of 10) which put him somewhere between “potential top 10 round pick and/or highest level college prospect” and “potential very high draft pick and/or elite level college prospect” on Perfect Game’s scale.

He becomes the sixth player the Cowboys have added from the portal this offseason but just the second who isn’t a pitcher. Arkansas outfielder Jayson Jones is the only other position player the Pokes have added to this point, but they’ve also brought in pitchers Tommy Allman (Jacksonville), Harrison Bodendorf (Hawaii), Mario Pesca (Saint John’s) and Hunter Watkins (Grand Canyon).