2026 Baseball Roster
Roster
Tomas Valincius
- Position:
- LHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 225
- B/T:
- L/L
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lockport, Ill.
- High School/Previous School:
- Baylor School [TN] / Virginia
2026 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team
2026 All-SEC First Team
2026 Ferriss Trophy winner
2026 NCBWA All-America First Team
2025 ACBA All-Region First Team
2026 D1 Baseball All-America Second Team
2026 Baseball America All-America Second Team
2026 Perfect Game All-America Second Team
2026 ACBA All-America Second Team
2026 Golden Spikes Semifinalist
2026 College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year Semifinalist
2026 College Baseball Foundation All-America Honorable Mention
2026 Baseball America Pitcher of the Year Midseason Watch List
2026 Starkville All-Region Team
2025-26 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Baseball America National Team of the Week (3/24/26)
2026 Perfect Game Midseason All-American First Team
2026 D1Baseball Midseason All-American
2026 Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List
SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week (3/16/26)
2026 National Pitcher of the Year watch list
2026 D1Baseball Top 50 Transfer Pitchers (No. 2)
2026 Perfect Game Top 100 Sophomores (No. 34)
2026 D1Baseball Top 200 Starting Pitchers (No. 42)
2025 ACC All-Freshman Team
2025 ACC All-Academic Team
2026 (Sophomore) - Mississippi State
His 134 strikeouts in 2026 are the eight-most in a single season in Mississippi State history ... 2026 Ferris Trophy winner, naming him the best collegiate player in the state of Mississippi ... Earned All-SEC first team, NCBWA All-America first team, and ACBA All-Region first team honors ... Awarded All-America second team honors from D1 Baseball, Baseball America, Perfect Game and ACBA ... Semifinalist for Golden Spikes and College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year awards ... Started in all 17 appearances on the season ... Finished the season with a 3.50 ERA and went 11-2 in 97.2 innings ... Led qualified pitchers on the squad in earned runs average (3.50), opposing batting average (.230), wins (11), innings pitched (97.2), batters struck out (134), and games started (17) ... Named SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week after earning a win at No. 5 Arkansas (3/14) in which his struck out seven in seven shutout innings ... Struck out a career-high 14 batters while surrendering just two hits, one walk an no earned runs in a seven-inning start vs. Vanderbilt (3/21) and was selected to Baseball America's National Team of the Week ... Pitched a career-high 7 1/3 innings twice against Georgia (4/3) and in the Starkville Regional vs. Cincinnati (5/30) ... Had five games with double-digit strikeouts ... Struck out 13 in 6 2/3 innings pitched and earned the win versus Auburn (5/7) ... Ranked second in the SEC for strikeouts (134), innings pitched (97.2) and K/BB ratio (6.70) ... Ranked fourth in the nation for strikeouts (134) and seventh in strikeout-to-walk ratio (6.70) ... Tied for first in the conference for wins (11) and tied for third in games started (17) ... Won six of his first seven starts of the season ... Went 14 consecutive innings without giving up a run ... Led the SEC in strikeouts during conference play (86) ... Pitched for the USA Baseball Collegiate team in the World Collegiate Baseball Championship in Taichung City, Taiwan over the summer.
2025 – (Freshman) – Virginia
Went 6-1 with a 4.59 ERA in 13 appearances with 12 starts … Ranked second on the team with 70 strikeouts in 64 2/3 innings pitched against 17 walks … Tied for the team lead with four quality starts and innings pitched (64.2) … Led the Cavaliers in ERA (4.59), opposing batting average (.256), wins (6) and runners picked off (4) … Ranked fourth nationally among freshmen with a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 4.12 … Ranked seventh nationally among freshmen with a strikeout-per-nine ratio of 9.74 … Fanned five or more batters in seven of his 12 starts … Made his collegiate debut against Rice (2/16) with a season-best 10 strikeouts over six scoreless innings of work … Lone relief appearance came against James Madison (4/23) … Pitched a season-long 6 2/3 innings at Virginia Tech (5/17) … Participated in the USA Baseball Collegiate National Training Camp in Cary, N.C. from June 29-July 3.
High School
Named the 2024 Gatorade Tennessee Baseball Player of the Year … He was also tabbed the 2023 and 2024 Division II-AA Mr. Baseball … He was a member of the Lithuania National Team … As a senior at Baylor in Chattanooga, he compiled an 8-0 record with a 1.14 ERA … Rated the No. 13 left-handed pitcher and the No. 108 overall player in the country, according to Perfect Game … He was also considered the No. 1 left-handed pitcher and No. 4 overall player in the state of Illinois, according to Perfect Game.
Personal
Born Sept. 11, 2005 to Vaida Valincius and Jozelf Wolyniec … Nickname is "Tico" ... His older brother, Vytas, played outfield for the Diamond Dawgs in 2026 as well as South Carolina and Illinois earlier in his career … Hobbies include golfing and fishing ... Majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies.
