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Four former Vols ranked as MLB top 100 prospects

Four former Tennessee baseball players are ranked as MLB top 100 prospects.

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 Double-A Rocket City Trash Pandas, a minor league team for the Angels. Gilbert is playing for New York’s Triple-A affiliate, Syracuse Mets.

Christian Moore hits first professional home run

Former Vol Christian Moore hits first career professional home run with Inland Empire.

The Inland Empire 66ers, a Single-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels, defeated Modesto, 11-1, on Thursday.

Former Vol Christian Moore started at second base for the 66ers and went 4-of-6, recording three RBIs and two runs. He also hit his first career professional home run in the fourth inning.

Moore was selected by the Angels in the first-round (No. 8 overall) of the 2024 MLB draft.

He played for the Vols from 2022-24 and appeared in 186 games, while recording 61 home runs, 160 RBIs and 179 runs.

Moore appeared in 72 games for the Vols in 2024. He recorded a .375 batting average, 34 home runs, 74 RBIs, 83 runs and 38 walks during Tennessee’s national championship season.

READ: Tennessee baseball career home run tracker

Christian Moore makes professional baseball debut

Former Vol Christian Moore records three RBIs in minor league baseball debut.

Christian Moore made his professional baseball debut on Wednesday with the Inland Empire 66ers, a Single-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels. The 66ers compete in the California League.

The 66ers defeated Modesto, 17-9.

Moore went 2-for-5 in the contest. He hit a three-run double, while scoring three runs.

Moore was selected by the Angels in the first-round (No. 8 overall) of the 2024 MLB draft.

He played for the Vols from 2022-24 and appeared in 186 games, while recording 61 home runs, 160 RBIs and 179 runs.

Moore appeared in 72 games for the Vols in 2024. He recorded a .375 batting average, 34 home runs, 74 RBIs, 83 runs and 38 walks during Tennessee’s national championship season.

READ: Tennessee baseball career home run tracker

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Christian Moore assigned to Inland Empire

Former Vol Christian Moore assigned to Inland Empire baseball.

Christian Moore was assigned to his first minor league baseball team on Tuesday.

The former Vol will debut with the Inland Empire 66ers, a Single-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels. The 66ers compete in the California League.

Moore was selected by the Angels in the first-round (No. 8 overall) of the 2024 MLB draft.

He played for the Vols from 2022-24 and appeared in 186 games, while recording 61 home runs, 160 RBIs and 179 runs.

Moore appeared in 72 games for the Vols in 2024. He recorded a .375 batting average, 34 home runs, 74 RBIs, 83 runs and 38 walks during Tennessee’s national championship season.

READ: Tennessee baseball career home run tracker

Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire

Christian Moore selected by Angels in first-round

Former Vol Christian Moore selected by the Angels in the first-round of the 2024 MLB draft.

The 2024 Major League Baseball draft is taking place Sunday-Tuesday in Fort Worth, Texas. The draft is being held in conjunction with MLB’s All-Star Game on Tuesday at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.

Former Tennessee second baseman Christian Moore was selected by the Angels in the first-round (No. 8 overall).

The 6-foot-1, 216-pound Moore appeared in 72 games for the Vols in 2024. He recorded a .375 batting average, 34 home runs, 74 RBIs, 83 runs and 38 walks during Tennessee’s national championship season.

Moore played for the Vols from 2022-24 and appeared in 186 games, while recording 61 home runs, 160 RBIs and 179 runs.

Rounds 3-10 of the MLB draft will be held on Monday, while rounds 11-20 are slated for Tuesday.

READ: Tennessee baseball career home run tracker

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Three Vols earn All-America baseball honors

Blake Burke, Christian Moore and Dylan Dreiling earn All-America honors.

Three Tennessee baseball players received All-America honors from D1 Baseball.

Blake Burke, Christian Moore and Dylan Dreiling were all recognized by the outlet after the Vols won the College World Series against Texas A&M at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.

Burke and Moore received first-team honors, while Dreiling, the College World Series’ most outstanding player, was named to the third team.

Burke earned his fifth first-team honors, becoming the second Tennessee player to do so, joining Chase Dollander.

Moore was named first-team at the designated hitter position as he won the SEC triple crown, leading the conference in batting average, home runs and RBIs in league games.

Dreiling earned national recognition for the first time in his career. He recorded a .542 batting average, three home runs and 11 RBIs in the College World Series.

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Christian Moore details hitting for cycle in College World Series

Christian Moore became the second player to hit for the cycle in the College World Series.

Tennessee second baseman Christian Moore made history on Friday in the College World Series.

Moore went 5-for-6 in the Vols’, 12-11, comeback win against Florida State. He is the first Tennessee player to hit for the cycle during postseason play.

Moore became the sixth Vol in program history to hit for the cycle. He also became the second player to ever hit for the cycle in a College World Series game, joining Minnesota’s Jerry Kindall in 1956.

“Through the whole game the only mindset I have is to win, get on base for my team, set the tone,” Moore said. “I have really good hitters behind me, so I just want to get on for them.

“Really, to be honest, I didn’t know I did it. I was just so hyper-focused on winning and just that next task. I guess talk about that last AB, just want to fight. Down to my last strike there with two outs, just want to fight. It’s a battle. Me versus him, mano a mano, and I guess I won that one.”

PHOTOS: Tennessee defeats Seminoles in College World Series

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Vols rally to defeat Florida State in College World Series

Dylan Dreiling’s walk-off single propels Tennessee past the Seminoles, 12-11.

No. 1 overall seed Tennessee (56-12, 22-8 SEC) defeated No. 8 overall seed Florida State  (47-16, 17-12 ACC), 12-11, on Friday in the first-round of the College World Series at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.

The Vols advanced to the winners bracket after a four-run ninth inning, culminated by a walk-off single by Dylan Dreiling, who went 4-for-5 and recorded three RBIs. Christian Moore also hit for the cycle as he went 5-for-6.

He hit a solo home run and recorded two doubles, one triple, one RBI and four runs. Moore became the first player to hit for a cycle in the College World Series since Minnesota’s Jerry Kindall in 1956.

Kavares Tears went 2-for-5. He hit a two-run home run and recorded a triple, two runs and two RBIs.

Nate Snead earned a win for Tennessee He pitched 2.1 innings, allowing one hit and two walks. Snead recorded two strikeouts.

Chris Stamos started for the Vols. He pitched 0.1 innings and allowed one hit and one walk.

AJ Causey, Kirby Connell, Aaron Combs and Andrew Behnke also appeared in relief for the Vols.

Tennessee will next play on Sunday against North Carolina. First pitch is slated for 7 p.m. EDT.

Tennessee’s Christian Moore hits for historic cycle during College World Series

Christian Moore hit the second cycle in the history of the College World Series on Friday night.

Tennessee star infielder Christian Moore is one of the top college prospects in the 2024 MLB draft, and he’s made himself a lot of money in the postseason.

Moore has helped carry the top-seeded Volunteers to Omaha for the third time in the last four years, and the junior did something even more special than that during the team’s first game in Omaha against Florida State.

He hit for the cycle for just the second time in the entire history of the College World Series. It was also the sixth-ever cycle for a Tennessee player and the first in the postseason.

After hitting a triple, double and single in his first three at-bats, Moore capped things off perfectly in the bottom of the sixth with a 440-foot two-run shot to dead center in the deep Charles Schwab Stadium outfield.

His heroics weren’t done there, as Moore’s two-out double in the bottom of the ninth kept the game alive, and he became the tying run in what was an eventual walk-off win.

It’s more of what Moore has been doing all year. He entered Friday night’s game with a .375 batting average on the season, and the home run to clinch the cycle was his 33rd of the season, pacing a Tennessee lineup that is arguably the best in the entire country.

Moore was ranked No. 40 on last month’s MLB draft board from ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel, while Perfect Game slots him as the No. 22 prospect on its recent board. However, his performance in the postseason has likely moved him up a few spots on those rankings.

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Christian Moore’s role in series finale defined versus Evansville

Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello details Christian Moore’s role in game No. 3 versus Evansville baseball.

No. 1 national seed Tennessee (54-12) will look to advance to its third College World Series appearance in four seasons on Sunday.

The Vols will face Evansville (39-25) in a series finale at Lindsey Nelson Stadium (6 p.m. EDT, ESPNU).

Christian Moore started at second base for the Vols in the series opener against Evansville, while serving as Tennessee’s designated hitter in game No. 2.

Seventh-year Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello met with media following Saturday’s contest. He discussed whether Moore will play in the field or not in Sunday’s series finale.

“No, he’ll play second base tomorrow,” Vitello said of Moore. “His leg was sore, was a little iffy, and that was the decision. It was 100 percent the way to go today, and the decision tomorrow will be to play him at second base. That’ll be 100 percent the way to go.”

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