Boston College is loading up for 2027, and the transfer portal haul is a big one. Head coach Todd Interdonato announced a class of 10 additions for the Eagles, split evenly between six position players and four pitchers.
The most productive bat in the group may be Nick “Sarge” Quagliato, a right-handed hitting catcher from Neptune, N.J., who arrives after a strong run at Fairleigh Dickinson and a recent All-NECBL nod with the Upper Valley Nighthawks. At FDU, he hit .331/.405/.557 with 12 extra-base hits, seven home runs and 35 RBIs. He also swiped 10 bases and posted a .962 OPS, while behind the plate he threw out nine runners last season.
Boston College also brings in Jeremy Sheffield, a corner infielder/outfielder from St. Louis, Mo., after a .321 season at Georgetown.
In 55 games, Sheffield piled up 19 extra-base hits, 16 stolen bases, 42 walks and only 35 strikeouts, finishing with an .891 OPS. He spent nine games on the Cape this summer and hit .286 for the Orleans Firebirds.
Brodey Bitove joins the mix as a left-handed hitting outfielder from Toronto, Ont., after a productive summer in the New England Collegiate Baseball League with the Ocean State Waves. In 21 games, he hit .270 with eight extra-base hits, five stolen bases, 17 walks and an .892 OPS. Bitove spent his freshman season at Pepperdine before moving on to Indiana.
The Eagles added more versatility with Gus Gregory, a left-handed hitting utility man from Strongsville, Ohio, who comes over from Wright State as a graduate transfer. Gregory put together a polished résumé in 522 plate appearances, hitting .305/.407/.477 with 99 runs scored, 43 extra-base hits, 92 RBIs and 25 stolen bases.
In the infield, Boston College picked up Will Matuszak, a right-handed hitter from Los Angeles, Calif., out of Santa Barbara City College. Across 87 games, he hit .357/.470/.575 and collected 43 extra-base hits. He also showed speed with 68 stolen bases and spent just under 300 plate appearances in the Northwoods League this summer.
The Eagles’ second catcher in the class is Luke Hewes, who hit .298 with eight home runs, 42 RBIs, 47 runs scored and six stolen bases last season at South Mountain Community College. Before that, the Flagstaff, Ariz., native played at Mesa CC, where he hit .345 with 57 hits, 38 runs, six home runs, two triples and six doubles. He also drove in 43 runs, walked 19 times and stole five bases.
On the mound, Boston College added four right-handed pitchers, starting with graduate transfer Ben Cherico from Saint Louis University. The Ridgefield, Conn., native made 14 starts in 2026 and logged 84 innings, striking out 76 against 31 walks while posting a 3.21 ERA. He was also named A-10 Second Team All-Conference as a starter.
Champ Davis, an Atlanta native, comes in after a season at Wofford that featured 23 appearances, 45.1 innings, 39 strikeouts, 21 walks and a 4.17 ERA. The year before, he threw 32 innings, struck out 32, walked seven and finished with a 1.97 ERA. Davis has 110.1 career innings, along with eight career saves.
Boston College also landed two pitchers from the Big Ten. Graduate transfer Brayden Ryan arrives from Maryland after two seasons in College Park, where the Salem, N.H., native worked both as a starter and out of the bullpen. He made 27 starts and 21 relief appearances, totaling 85.2 innings with 70 strikeouts and 31 walks.
The final arm in the class is Matthew Kouser, a junior transfer from Northwestern and a native of Haddonfield, N.J. Kouser has been used mostly as a weekend starter, making 26 starts over two seasons and throwing 128 innings. Last season, he worked 66.1 innings and posted a 5.02 ERA while striking out 77 batters.
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