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 […]
Former Tennessee Standout On The Move At MLB Trade Deadline
After weeks of speculation, former Tennessee star and White Sox ace Garrett Crochet is staying put in Chicago at the MLB trade deadline. But another former Tennessee star is on the move. The Kansas City Royals traded former Vols star Jared Dickey as well as Mason Barnett and Will Klein to the Oakland Athletics in […]
Former Assistant Coach Returning To Tennessee Baseball
Former Tennessee baseball assistant coach Ross Kivett is rejoining the Volunteer program as a third paid assistant coach, D1Baseball’s Kendall Rogers first reported and a source confirmed to RTI on Tuesday. Kivett is replacing Richard Jackson as Tennessee’s third paid assistant coach. Jackson, who worked with pitchers and was the bullpen coach, is leaving the […]
Major Rule Changes Reportedly Coming To College Baseball
College baseball has seen its popularity grow in leaps in bounds in recent seasons. The game continues to grow thanks to a number of reasons including because more-and-more of the top high school players in the country deciding to play in college instead of going directly to professional baseball. That theme looks like it might […]
See The Signing Bonuses For Tennessee Baseball’s Eight MLB Draft Picks
The MLB Draft came to a close just one week ago and with Kavares Tears signing with the San Diego Padres on Wednesday all eight Vols selected have signed their professional deals. The signing bonus details for the seven other players besides Tears are public while we’re still waiting to see what Tears signing bonus […]
