Junior right-hander Cody Delvecchio is academically eligible and on No. 15 seed UCLA baseball’s roster ahead of the Men’s College World Series, which begins Friday in Omaha, Nebraska, D1Baseball’s Kendall Rogers posted Thursday morning on the social media platform X.

The right-hander’s change in eligibility status comes just a day ahead of the end of UCLA’s spring quarter and two days ahead of the Bruins’ – who arrived in Omaha on Wednesday – first game against Murray State at Charles Schwab Field. 

Delvecchio began the 2025 campaign as the team’s Friday night starter – previously playing his first two seasons at UCLA exclusively as a reliever – and posted a 6.82 ERA across seven starts, totalling 33 innings, before becoming academically ineligible following the university’s winter quarter. 

Excluding a start against then-No. 14 Vanderbilt, where Delvecchio gave up eight runs over two innings, the right-hander’s ERA would sit at 4.95. Additionally, Delvecchio held eventual Big West conference tournament champions Cal Poly to two runs over five innings pitched on Opening Day and shut out eventual Big Ten tournament champions Nebraska for over five frames on March 14. 

In 2023, Delvecchio posted a 4.20 ERA across 45 innings in 36 appearances, totaling three saves before an injury-shortened breakout campaign in 2024. 

The right-hander posted a 2.42 ERA in 26 innings last season, primarily serving as the team’s setup man, before suffering a right-flexor strain. 

If Delvecchio slots back into the bullpen, he’ll join a group that shutout UTSA across eight innings in last weekend’s Los Angeles super regional – including five no-hit innings Sunday. 

However, UCLA has struggled to get quality starts and consistency from its starters and may benefit from Delvecchio’s help. Junior right-hander Michael Barnett has been the team’s most consistent starter – leading the team in innings pitched and ERA, with marks of 81.1 and 4.09, respectively – but only has five quality starts this season. 

While sophomore right-hander Landon Stump didn’t allow a run Saturday, he was pulled from his start after just four-plus innings and 72 pitches. And though he made the All-Big Ten Freshman Team, right-hander Wylan Moss has been limited as of late – making just three appearances since May 2 – due to a midseason back issue.

Redshirt junior southpaw Ian May, who boasts a 5.00 ERA, has appeared as the Bruins’ Saturday and Friday starter this season but has exclusively come out of the bullpen in the NCAA tournament thus far.

Sophomores right-hander Luke Rodriguez and infielder/designated hitter Cameron Kim also became academically ineligible ahead of spring quarter, with the former posting a 2.11 ERA across 21.1 frames with 21 strikeouts and the latter slashing .286/.345/.306 in 55 plate appearances this season.

Kim announced his transfer to Cal State Fullerton via Instagram on Tuesday while Rodriguez is not on UCLA’s 27-man MCWS roster, a UCLA Athletics spokesperson said.