Breaking news:Kirby Connell Resumes Role As official Coach for Tennessee Baseball…
Breaking news:Kirby Connell Resumes Role As official Coach for Tennessee Baseball…
Four former Tennessee baseball players are ranked as MLB’s top 100 prospects.
Pitcher Chase Dollander is ranked as the highest among former Vols (No. 23). He is currently with the Hartford Yard Goats, a Double-A minor league team for the Rockies.
Outfielder Jordan Beck is ranked No. 78 and is currently playing with the Rockies. In 25 games, the former Vol has recorded a .198 batting average, two home runs, nine RBIs, four runs, two walks and two stolen bases.
Second baseman Christian Moore and outfielder Drew Gilbert are ranked No. 81 and No. 82, respectively.
Moore is currently with
After winning the national title this season, the Tennessee Volunteers had quite a few players drafted into the MLB. The first name off of the board was second baseman Christian Moore, who was selected with the eighth overall pick by the Los Angeles Angels. Moore has since made his professional debut and has been nothing short of amazing with his new ball club.
Moore started out in single-A ball and in his two games he had five hits in 11 at-bats, a home run and six RBI. It’s about as good of a start to a professional career as you could ask for from Moore. After those two games, Moore was promoted to double-A ball within the organization. He has since been tearing it up there as well as he holds a .481 batting average, a 1.307 slugging percentage, has five home runs and seven RBI in seven games played.
Tennessee baseball head coach Tony Vitello recently spoke of Moore’s success in the minors, and one thing he made clear was he misses seeing him in that Tennessee jersey.
“It’s surreal seeing him in a different uniform. I don’t like not seeing him in orange but I definitely like seeing him do well and climb the ladder and I know he is with good people,” Vitello said. “They’ve done a ton of homework on him to begin with and since they have drafted him they’ve been in constant communication with us just trying help him be the best player he can be.”
Moore posted an incredible 2024 season stat line. He was a crucial piece to Tennessee’s national championship-winning team. Over his three years at Tennessee, Moore finished with a .338 batting average, 61 home runs, 160 RBI and 162 starts, which is ironically the same number of games in a full MLB regular season. He also became just the second player ever to hit for the cycle during the College World Series.
He reeled in multiple national awards following the 2024 college baseball season including multiple outlets naming him a first-team All-American. He is the seventh Volunteer to be drafted in the first round since 2015. Moore is expected to be the firs
