Iowa baseball adds another arm in Dallas Baptist transfer Reece Beuter

Iowa head baseball coach Rick Heller and pitching coach Sean McGrath continue to restock the cupboard with talented arms from other places.

First, it was former Iowa Western product and Oklahoma State transfer Brant Hogue. Now, redshirt junior Reece Beuter has announced he is transferring to the Iowa Hawkeyes after spending one season with Dallas Baptist.

Beuter made 15 appearances with the Patriots, compiling a 4.86 ERA across 16 2/3 innings of work. The 6-foot-1, 196 pound redshirt junior struck out 15 and walked six.

Beuter had a pair of outings in February and March where he tossed two innings against Austin Peay and Grambling, respectively. Those were his longest outings of the 2023 season. He also threw 1 2/3 innings of one-run ball against Oklahoma State in an 18-4 win over the Cowboys in the Stillwater Regional.

“I will be transferring to the University of Iowa to complete my last two years of eligibility. Excited for this opportunity! #GoHawks,” Beuter wrote in his social media announcement.

Originally a native of Cedar Falls, Iowa, Beuter spent his first two collegiate seasons with Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Falls. He started 13 games in 2021, compiling a 4.26 ERA and a 6-3 record with a pair of complete-game performances. Beuter struck out 79 and walked 28 during his lone season of action at Kirkwood. Tommy John surgery sidelined him during his sophomore season before the move to Dallas Baptist.

On3’s Kyle Huesmann caught up with Beuter to discuss how he arrived with the Hawkeyes and what he expects his role to be at Iowa.

“We have talked through that a couple times they mentioned that a starting rotation spot is open and I may have an opportunity to compete for that but then there is also lots of innings to fill in the bullpen as well, which is where I was at this past season,” Beuter told Huesmann and Hawkeye Report.

Huesmann noted that 61.1% of balls in play against Beuter were ground balls compared to just 18.5% of balls in play as fly balls. He also shared this breakdown of Beuter’s pitching repertoire.

Iowa returns juniors Marcus Morgan and Brody Brecht atop its starting rotation. Morgan ended 2023 with a 5-2 record and a 3.72 ERA, while Brecht posted a 5-2 record and a 3.74 ERA. Brecht finished with 109 strikeouts.

In the bullpen, Iowa is expected to bring back Luke Llewellyn, Cade Obermueller, Aaron Savary, Zach Voelker, Jack Whitlock.

Meanwhile, Hogue is a 6-foot-4, 223 pound lefty that tossed 59 1/3 innings with the Reivers during the 2022 season. He surrendered just 11 earned runs to post a 1.67 ERA across 13 starts and 14 overall appearances that season.

Hogue ended 2022 with a perfect 6-0 record and he racked up 93 strikeouts against just 16 walks. His strikeouts per nine innings while at Iowa Western was 14.11. Hogue had one complete game performance as well.

Iowa also signed right-handed pitcher Sam Hart out of Indian Hills Community College in November and Ganon Archer out of Kirkwood Community College in December. Here’s a look at the rest of Iowa’s 11-man signing class from November.

Iowa ended the 2023 season with a record-tying number of wins, finishing with a 44-16 mark and a regional final appearance against Indiana State.

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