Luke Gaffney, 1B/C - clemson
Prospects
Live Ranking - #74
After
earning Big 10 Freshman of the Year honors in 2024, Gaffney entered the
transfer portal to join Coach Eric Bakich and the Clemson Tigers. The strength of Gaffney’s game is centered
around his offensive firepower. Last
season with Purdue, he finished with an impressive .359/.449/.646 slash line,
hitting over 30 extra-base hits across 53 games. Additionally, he ranked at or above the 90th
percentile in exit velocity, barrel rate, hard hit rate, and slugging
percentage among all Division I hitters.
He displays plus power with the consistent ability to show it to all
fields. Playing this past summer with
Falmouth in the Cape, Gaffney hit .276 with 29 hits. Gaffney primarily played first base for
Purdue in 2024, displaying above-average defense as he only committed one
error. It will be fun to follow his success with Clemson this year
as he joins Cam Cannarella to bring stability to an already talented lineup,
positioning them as one of the top preseason teams in the ACC.
https://clemsontigers.com/sports/baseball/roster/luke-gaffney/
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First-year
transfer and redshirt sophomore … No. 30 transfer in the nation in the
preseason by Baseball America.
Before
Clemson: Member of the Purdue program for two seasons, as he played in 2024 as
a redshirt freshman under Head Coach Greg Goff … second-team freshman
All-American by Baseball America, D1Baseball and NCBWA … Big Ten Conference
Freshman-of-the-Year … Second-Team All-Big Ten Conference selection … All-Big
Ten Conference Freshman selection … five-time Big Ten Conference
Freshman-of-the-Week … hit .359 with 13 homers, three triples, 15 doubles, 64
RBIs, 62 runs, a .646 slugging percentage, .449 on-base percentage and two
steals in 53 games in 2024 … tied the school record for runs … set school
freshman records for hits, homers, RBIs, runs, total bases and slugging
percentage … first-team all-state selection as a senior at Boyle County High
School … No. 12 player and No. 3 catcher in Kentucky by Perfect Game … hit .462
with 10 homers, 13 doubles and 46 RBIs in 33 games as a senior … hit .430 with
seven homers, 10 doubles and a school-record 49 RBIs in 36 games as a junior …
valedictorian as a senior … lettered four times in baseball at Boyle County
High School, where he was coached by Adam Blair.
https://clemsonwire.usatoday.com/2024/06/26/clemson-transfer-portal-luke-gaffney/
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The
Clemson baseball team made a big splash in the transfer portal on Wednesday
with the commitment of former Purdue first baseman Luke Gaffney, the 2024 Big
Ten Freshman of the Year.
As a
redshirt freshman, Gaffney batted a team-best .359 in 59 games (all starts) for
the Boilermakers. He set Purdue freshman records for home runs (13), RBIs (64),
hits (75), runs scored (62) and slugging percentage (.646), finishing with a
1.095 OPS. A right-handed batter, Gaffney was named Big Ten Freshman of the
Week five times.
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