SEC Releases Tennessee Baseball’s Conference Schedule
The SEC released its 2022 conference baseball schedules, Wednesday. Tony Vitello’s Tennessee team will face seven NCAA Tournament teams from a season ago as well as defending National Champion Mississippi State The reigning SEC East champion Vols will open up conference play March 18-20 when Tennessee hosts South Carolina to Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Vols […]
Tennessee Baseball Signs Top Five Recruiting Class
Tony Vitello’s Tennessee baseball program is red-hot after winning the SEC East and making it to the College World Series last season. That momentum has carried onto the recruiting trail where the Vols signed the nation’s fifth best recruiting class according to Baseball America. Tennessee’s 2020 signing class was the highest rated class of the […]
Vol Baseball Sets Home Run Derby For Charity Before Football Opener
Before the Tennessee football team takes on Bowling Green this Thursday night, the Vols’ baseball team will be hosting a special event. Tennessee Baseball will be hosting a home-run derby on the afternoon of the football game, with all proceeds benefitting areas hit by flooding. The home-run derby, which will feature the current Tennessee baseball […]
How Tennessee Baseball Players Performed In Summer Leagues
Tennessee baseball players have been competing in summer leagues across the country since the Vols’ 2021 season ended in June. Summer leagues have drawn to a close in the past week as Tennessee’s players return to campus for the start of classes Wednesday. Take a look at how 16 Tennessee players performed this summer. Pitchers […]
Tennessee Catcher Wasn’t Watching Gilbert’s Miraculous Walk-Off
Tennessee’s 2021 baseball season was full of magical moments. The Vols won seven games on walk-offs and four on walk-off home runs. Despite all the great moments, one stands above the rest. “The entire country knows what number one is going to be,” Tennessee catcher Connor Pavolony told Rocky Top Insider. “Drew Gilbert’s walk off […]
What 2021 Tennessee Baseball Players Said Should Happen To LNS
Tennessee baseball brought the excitement back to Lindsey Nelson Stadium this season, winning 29 games at home with seven coming on walk-off hits and four on walk-off home runs. The winning and the style in which Tennessee did so brought an energy to the Vols’ program that hasn’t been seen this century. “It’s unbelievable,” relief […]
Walsh Talks Returning To UT, Leading Talented Newcomers
With a changing core, The core of Tony Vitello’s first full signing class at Tennessee— Jake Rucker, Max Ferguson and Connor Pavolony— are gone, turning to professional baseball. With them are other veterans stars including Chad Dallas, Liam Spence and Sean Hunley. But not all of Tennessee’s veterans from the 2021 College World Series team […]
Leath signs with Rangers
The Texas Rangers have signed Tennessee pitcher Jackson Leath, sources told Rocky Top Insider Saturday morning and Leath later posted on his Instagram. The Rangers selected the Waxahachie, Texas native in the 12th round of the MLB Draft earlier this month and signed the right handed pitcher before the July 31 deadline. Leath transferred to […]
Walsh Talks Vols’ Historic 2021 Season
Tennessee reliever Redmond Walsh remembers the days when you could count the number of fans in Lindsey Nelson Stadium on gameday in seconds. Those games were plentiful when the lifelong Vol fan was growing up and in his first two seasons as a Tennessee pitcher. That perspective made Tennessee’s magical 2021 season, one that saw […]
Nationals Give Top Tennessee Signee Massive Bonus
The Washington Nationals signed Tennessee baseball signee Brady House for $5 million, MLB Network’s Jon Heyman first reported Friday. The Nationals selected House in the first round with the 11th overall pick in the MLB Draft earlier this month. House was the highest rated signee of the Tony Vitello era, ranking as perfect game’s No. […]