Tennessee baseball has most players drafted in first day of MLB Draft

Tennessee baseball's success off the diamond continues with the MLB Draft. The first day of the draft, with the first two rounds, took place on Sunday night, and the Vols were talked about all night. 

Second baseman Christian Moore was the highest Vol drafted at No. 8 overall. He's the fourth Vol to be drafted in the top ten since 1990 and the first player in the Tony Vitello era. That wasn't the end of Tennessee players drafted, though, on night one. 

First baseman Blake Burke was the next player drafted out of Tennessee. The Milwaukee Brewers drafted him No. 34 overall in the Competitive Balance A Round, which was implemented in 2012 to help the MLB's smallest market teams. 

Third baseman Billy Amick was the first Tennessee player drafted in the second round of the draft, going to the Minnesota Twins with the 60th pick in the draft. 

The last player to be drafted in the first two rounds was outfielder Dylan Dreiling, who was drafted No. 65 to the Texas Rangers, who were hosting this year's MLB Draft.

Tennessee's four players were drafted on day one of the MLB Draft, which gives Tennessee ten total players drafted on the first day of the draft since 2020. That's the most players to be drafted on day one of any program in the country. 

After winning the program's first national championship earlier this summer, Vitello and the Vols have yet another selling point to potential recruits out of high school and in the transfer portal. If you want to get to the next level, come play for Tennessee. 

Vitello has the Vols dominating on the field, on the recruiting trail, and on the draft stage in 2024. There's no better place to play college baseball and there's no better program right now than Tony Vitello's Tennessee Volunteers.

Round three and day two of the MLB Draft started Monday afternoon, and the draft will continue through Tuesday as Tennessee looks to add more players to professional rosters throughout the week.