Top-End Talent, Injury Concerns Highlight 2022 Tennessee Pitching Staff
NCAAM 2/16 Preview: Take Rutgers (+3.5) To Win Outright Against Illinois Despite losing Friday night starter Chad Dallas and top bullpen arm Sean Hunley, Tennessee’s 2022 pitching staff has more talent and depth than the 2021 group that ranked second in the SEC in ERA and led the Vols to Omaha for the first time […]
Tennessee Baseball Ranks In Perfect Game’s Top 25
Alabama Tops Florida On The Road Tennessee is 43 days away from opening its baseball season against Georgia Southern at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Preseason rankings are starting to come out and Perfect Game released their top 25 Thursday, pegging the Vols as the nation’s 21st best team. Tennessee spent most of the 2021 season in […]
WATCH: Vitello Recaps Fall Practice, Talks Pitching Rotation
Tennessee head baseball coach Tony Vitello met with the media Thursday to recap the fall season and talk about his team. Vitello talked about his roster personnel at a number of positions, including catcher, infield and starting pitching. The fifth year head coach said Jordan Beck has been the Vols’ best hitter this fall, that […]
WATCH: Tony Vitello Meets With Media Halfway Through Fall Practice
Tennessee baseball coach Tony Vitello met with the local media Thursday as the Vols hit the halfway mark of fall practice. Vitello discussed what’s stood out about his team so far in fall practice, the higher expectations for his program and the excitement that playing other opponents this fall creates. The Vols play in Chattanooga […]
Tennessee Fall Baseball Midpoint Notes And Observations
Tennessee baseball is just over halfway through its fall baseball season with scrimmages against Georgia State and Louisiana Tech still on the horizon. While the Vols haven’t faced an opponent yet this fall, Tony Vitello’s fifth team has gotten plenty of work in during intrasquad scrimmages. I’ve had a chance to watch five of Tennessee’s […]
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 […]
Freshman All-American Talks Commitment To Tennessee Baseball
Georgia Southern pitcher Chase Dollander is transferring to Tennessee, the freshman announced on his Instagram Tuesday. “It just felt like home to me when I was in Knoxville,” Dollander told Rocky Top Insider Tuesday. “Knoxville just felt like it was the place to be and my gut was telling me to go there so that’s […]
Recapping The Final Day Of The MLB Draft
Two Tennessee baseball pitchers and an incoming transfer pitcher were selected on the final day of the 2021 MLB Draft. The Texas Rangers selected right handed pitcher Jackson Leath in the 12th round Tuesday. Leath arrived in Knoxville as a junior college transfer in the fall of 2019 and impressed in his junior year before […]
Five Current Vols, Two Tennessee Baseball Signees Drafted Monday
Five current Tennessee baseball players and two Vols’ signees were drafted Monday in the 2021 MLB Draft. Four Tennessee infielders and a starting pitcher were drafted in the second through 10th round. The five Vols drafted in the first 10 rounds are the most in Tennessee baseball history. Tennessee signee Ryan Spikes was the first […]
Recapping Day One Of The MLB Draft
No current Tennessee baseball players were drafted in the first round of the MLB Draft Sunday night, but shortstop signee Brady House was drafted No. 11 by the Washington Nationals. House, the nation’s top prep prospect, wasn’t expected to make it to Knoxville and he won’t, telling The Athletic’s Maria Torres that he plans to […]
