Former Tennessee Star Ben Joyce Amidst Fantastic Season With Los Angeles Angels
Former Tennessee baseball stars were a rarity in Major League Baseball for a long time, but as Tony Vitello’s tenure marches along there are more-and-more talented former Vol baseball players working their way up from Minor League Baseball into the Major Leagues. While that is often a slow climb, it wasn’t for former Tennessee reliever […]
Four Former Tennessee Baseball Players Land On MLB Top 100 Prospects List
With the 2024 MLB Draft in the rearview and the selections beginning their professional careers, the MLB Pipeline updated its list of the top 100 prospects in all of baseball. Tennessee baseball was well represented on the list with four former Vols landing in the top 100. RHP Chase Dollander was the top Vol on […]
Tennessee Baseball Announces Construction Delays To Lindsey Nelson Stadium
Tennessee baseball hoped to have the vast majority of renovations at Lindsey Nelson Stadium done by the start of the 2025 season but that will not be the case, the athletic department announced Wednesday afternoon. Issues and “unforeseen conditions associated with stadium site work” is the cause of the delays, most notably the relocation of […]
Former Tennessee Pitcher Chase Dollander Named Double-A Player of the Week
Former Tennessee pitcher Chase Dollander was named Double-A Eastern League Player of the Week after a standout performance on the mound for the Hartford Yard Goats last weekend. Dollander shares the Eastern League weekly honor with Portland Sea Dogs second baseman/centerfielder Kristian Campbell as the announcement was made on Monday. Dollander’s lone starting appearance this […]
Christian Moore Earns Player Of The Week Honors Following First In Double-A
New level of competition and there’s still no signs of former Tennessee star Christian Moore slowing down. After spending his first two professional games in High-A, the Los Angeles Angels promoted Moore to Double-A Rocket City. In his first full week in Double-A, Moore turned in absolutely ridiculous numbers. The star infielder hit .550 with […]
Christian Moore Remains Unconscious, Hits Walk Off Home Run In Fifth Professional Game
Mama, there goes that man again. It’s hard to envision starting a professional career in a better way than former Tennessee star Christian Moore has and the storybook first professional week continued on Wednesday night when he hit a ninth inning walk-off home run for the Rocket City Trash Pandas against the Birmingham Barons. “Uhhh, […]
A Look At Tennessee Baseball’s Staff Continuity And Loyalty
Italian-American Tony Vitello clearly has a favorite word: loyalty. He’s used it frequently during his Tennessee tenure talking about how he treats veterans who have done things the right way, his assistant coaches and also how he approaches things with the university that gave him a chance to be a head coach. Vitello’s loyalty was […]
Los Angeles Angels Promote Christian Moore After Two Dominant Games
The Los Angeles Angles decided to place its first round pick Christian Moore in High-A to begin his professional career earlier this week. It took just two games for the Angels to realize they had made a mistake. After two dominant performances, the Angels promoted Christian Moore to Double-A Rocket City (Huntsville) on Friday morning. […]
Former Tennessee Infielder Returning To Vol Baseball’s Support Staff
Former Tennessee shortstop Ricky Martinez is rejoining Vol baseball’s support staff, KnoxNews Mike Wilson first reported on Thursday morning. Martinez was Tennessee’s starting shortstop in 2019 when the Vols returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 14 years. An 18th round pick in the 2019 MLB Draft, Martinez played two years of […]
Tony Vitello Adding Power Five Pitching Coach To Tennessee Baseball Support Staff
A busy week of coaching change on Tony Vitello’s Tennessee baseball staff continued on Wednesday with Vitello hiring Cincinnati pitching coach Josh Reynolds to the Vols’ support staff, Volquest’s Eric Cain first reported and a source confirmed to RTI. Tennessee adding Reynolds to its staff comes a day after Ross Kivett rejoined Vitello’s staff as […]