Tennessee baseball coach Tony Vitello is joining the MLB Network on Sunday night to provide coverage of the first two rounds of the 2024 MLB Draft.
It’s the second time in three seasons that Vitello has joined the MLB Network for the opening night of the professional baseball draft, previously joining the MLB Network crew to break down the 2022 MLB Draft. That year, MLB teams selected Tennessee’s Drew Gilbert, Jordan Beck and Blade Tidwell on the first night of the draft and Vitello was there to break it all down.
Vitello got emotional that night discussing the impact that Gilbert had on both the Tennessee baseball program and his life as a whole after the Houston Astros selected him with the 28th pick in the draft.
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Tennessee is poised to have another big MLB Draft starting this Sunday. Second baseman Christian Moore and third baseman Billy Amick will almost certainly go in the first two rounds of the draft while there’s a chance that first baseman Blake Burke, outfielder Dylan Dreiling and right-handed pitcher Drew Beam will all go in the first two rounds.
MLB teams will select a multitude of Tennessee players in the coming days including right fielder Kavares Tears and right-handed pitchers AJ Causey and Aaron Combs. Veterans Zander Sechrist and catcher Cal Stark could also hear their names called in later rounds.
This will also be the most eventful MLB Draft for Tennessee from a prep standpoint. A handful of Tennessee signees could be selected in the first five rounds with a potential chance to forego their college careers to start their professional careers.
The 2024 MLB Draft begins at 6 p.m. ET on Sunday night. MLB Network is broadcasting the event.
