Tennessee Infielder Dean Curley Selected In Second Round Of MLB Draft
The Cleveland Guardins selected Tennessee baseball infielder Dean Curley with the No. 64 pick in the 2025 MLB Draft on Sunday night. Curley is now the sixth Vol to be drafted this year, joining LHP Liam Doyle, infielder Gavin Kilen, 1B/3B Andrew Fischer, RHP Marcus Phillips and RHP AJ Russell. Curley spent just two seasons […]
Tennessee Breaks Program Record For Most First Round Picks In 2025 MLB Draft
The 2025 MLB Draft had the billing as one of the biggest in Tennessee baseball history and the opening round certainly lived up to the hype. Tennessee broke a program record with four players selected in the first round. The previous record came in 2007 when James Adkins, JP Arencibia and Julio Borbon all went […]
Texas Rangers Select Tennessee Pitcher AJ Russell In MLB Draft
The Texas Rangers selected Tennessee pitcher AJ Russell with the 11th pick in the second round (No. 55 overall) of the 2025 MLB Draft on Sunday night. Russell is the fifth Vol off the board, joining LHP Liam Doyle, infielder Gavin Kilen, 1B/3B Andrew Fischer and RHP Marcus Phillips. A right-handed pitcher, Russell spent an […]
Boston Red Sox Draft Tennessee Baseball’s Marcus Phillips In First Round
The Boston Red Sox selected Tennessee pitcher Marcus Phillips with the No. 33 of the 2025 MLB Draft Sunday night. Boston selected Phillips with its second pick in the draft, taking him with a Competitive Balance first round pick. Phillips is the fourth Vol draft pick on the opening night of the draft, joining LHP […]
San Diego Padres Select Tennessee LHP Signee Kruz Schoolcraft In MLB Draft
The San Diego Padres selected Tennessee left-handed pitcher signee Kruz Schoolcraft with the 25th pick in the first round of the 2025 MLB Draft Sunday night. Schoolcraft ranked as the No. 7 player and the top left-handed pitcher in the 2025 recruiting cycle according to Perfect Game. MLB Pipeline tabbed the Beaverton, Oregon native as […]
Milwaukee Brewers Select Tennessee’s Andrew Fischer In First Round Of MLB Draft
The Milwaukee Brewers selected Tennessee infielder Andrew Fischer with the 20th pick in the 2025 MLB Draft Sunday night. Fischer is the ninth Vol to go in the first round of the MLB Draft under head coach Tony Vitello. Fischer is the third Tennessee prospect off the board, joining Liam Doyle and Gavin Kilen. It’s […]
San Fransisco Giants Select Tennessee’s Gavin Kilen In First Round Of MLB Draft
The San Fransisco Giants selected Tennessee infielder Gavin Kilen with the 13th pick in the 2025 MLB Draft on Sunday night. Kilen is the eighth Vol to go in the first round of the MLB Draft during the Tony Vitello era. Kilen spent just one season in Knoxville, transferring to Tennessee for his junior season […]
What Tennessee Baseball Coach Tony Vitello Said on MLB Network After Liam Doyle was Drafted
With the fifth overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, Tennessee baseball left-handed pitcher Liam Doyle was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals. As Doyle became the first Vol off the board in a stacked class for UT, his head coach, Tony Vitello, watched in person on the set of the MLB Network. As a […]
Chicago White Sox Select Tennessee Signee Billy Carlson With 10th Pick Of MLB Draft
The Chicago White Sox selected Tennessee shortstop signee Billy Carlson with the 10th pick in the 2025 MLB Draft Sunday night. Carlson ranked as the No. 3 high school prospect and No. 2 shortstop in the 2025 recruiting cycle according to Perfect Game. A standout at Carona High School in Southern California, Carlson ranked as […]
Tennessee Baseball Signee Goes In The Top 10 Of The 2025 MLB Draft
The Cincinnati Reds selected Tennessee shortstop signee Steele Hall with the ninth pick in the first round of the 2025 MLB Draft Sunday night. Hall ranks as the No. 20 player and No. 12 shortstop in the 2025 recruiting cycle according to Perfect Game. A standout at Hewitt-Trussville High School outside of Birmingham, Hall ranked […]