Elliott Avent’s remodeling effort continues, this time with the commitment of Western Carolina transfer Brandon Butterworth, who was the Catamounts’ starting second baseman in 2023. (And has an excellent Twitter handle.)
Butterworth slashed .301/.370/.479 with five home runs and seven triples. He finished the year tied for fourth nationally in the latter. He was 7-8 on stolen base attempts this year, and was 9-9 as a freshman in 2022.
That speed will come in handy, especially with the team’s most prolific base-stealer (Payton Green) now at Georgia Tech. The developing power is encouraging: he hit .