Tennessee Baseball Floods MLB Draft
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This MLB Draft pick is heading to Knoxville. The top-ranked lefty spurns the pros to join the Tennessee Volunteers in a massive college baseball coup.
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SB Nation on MSNLHP Brandon Arvidson set to return to Tennessee baseball in 2026Arvidson turned in over 38 innings of work in 2025, coming away with a 4.19 ERA. The 6-5 left-hander struck out 70 batters against 22 walks in his first season with Tennessee. He now has a chance for a majorly expanded role next season with the Volunteers losing so many arms to the draft.
Tennessee has eight players tabbed as top-150 prospects by MLB.com, which means eight are likely locks to be picked. The 2022 class set the record with 10, which is attainable for the Vols.
A day after selecting a pair of Tennessee Volunteers hurlers in Liam Doyle (No. 5 overall) and Tanner Franklin (No. 72), the St. Louis Cardinals completed Day 2 of the 2025 MLB Draft by using 10 of their 17 picks on collegiate pitchers.
Kyson Witherspoon became the first OU baseball player since 2022 to be selected in the first round of the MLB Draft, going No. 15 overall to the Boston Red Sox. Witherspoon, who finished his Sooners career 13th all-time in school history with 124 strikeouts,
Pitcher JD Thompson of Vanderbilt baseball was drafted in the second round of the 2025 MLB Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers on July 13. The left-hander was the first Vanderbilt player to be drafted in 2025,