25 Tennessee Volunteers Drafted So Far During Vitello Era

[Volfan1000]

This matches the number of players drafted from 2011-2017.

Tennessee is becoming a baseball factory under Vitello and his coaching staff.

 

[stevenrich2003]

This matches the number of players drafted from 2011-2017.

Tennessee is becoming a baseball factory under Vitello and his coaching staff.

I approve this message. Getting top talent is required to be successful. Jimmy's and Joe's... X's vs O's. A great coach must also be a great recruiter.

 

[Volfan1000]

I approve this message. Getting top talent is required to be successful. Jimmy's and Joe's... X's vs O's. A great coach must also be a great recruiter.

Vitello and his staff LIVE to recruit and develop top talent.

 

[THEONLYTENISEE]

Wasn’t there like 55 rounds in the draft at one point.

 

[@1RBFjr]

Wasn’t there like 55 rounds in the draft at one point.

I think Mike Piazza was drafted in the 63rd round.

Then, more recently, forty rounds. COVID dropped it to five rounds for one year. Then it became twenty rounds under the mismanagement of Manfred which eliminated forty two minor league teams.

 

[VolPack22]

Wasn’t there like 55 rounds in the draft at one point.

There were 101 rounds and 1487 selections in 1990. That was the draft that brought Chipper Jones to the Braves

 

[chuckiepoo]

There were 101 rounds and 1487 selections in 1990. That was the draft that brought Chipper Jones to the Braves

Dayum! Didn’t have to provide 7/24 coverage though…

 

[VolPack22]

Dayum! Didn’t have to provide 7/24 coverage though…

I believe there were only 26 teams in MLB at the time also so that’s an average of nearly 57 players drafted per team

 

[spyfish007]

With that many rounds, at some point they are drafting grandmas!

 

[chuckiepoo]

With that many rounds, at some point they are drafting grandmas!

NFL drafts went on forever also. Chick Graning was sixth round and Too Tall Ed Jones was way the hell back…

 

[Volprofch05]

There were 101 rounds and 1487 selections in 1990. That was the draft that brought Chipper Jones to the Braves

That’s the only way for the Braves to pick a decent player, 101 rounds

 

[chuckiepoo]

That’s the only way for the Braves to pick a decent player, 101 rounds

Superior talent evaluation….

Just gonna throw this out there. Just how badly did Luhnow put the Jedi Mind F on the Dodgers when he traded for YorDaddy.

 

[BruisedOrange]

With that many rounds, at some point they are drafting grandmas!

The Jays say they had to grab her in the last round

...because the Braves had the next pick.

 

[spyfish007]

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The Jays say they had to grab her in the last round

...because the Braves had the next pick.

Hahaha great picture for this!

 

[RockyTopTexas]

Does Mookie Betts count?

As a Sox fan yes it does !

 

[VolPack22]

That’s the only way for the Braves to pick a decent player, 101 rounds

Chipper was #1 overall so it wouldn’t have really mattered

 

[Volprofch05]

Chipper was #1 overall so it wouldn’t have really mattered

What types of teams usually get the #1 overall pick? Can't seem to recall how they decide that.....

 

[VolPack22]

What types of teams usually get the #1 overall pick? Can't seem to recall how they decide that.....

Yes we sucked in the 80s but from the 90s through the early 2000s we were arguably the best organization in the sport that didn’t have to buy all their players (ie Yankees). And now we have been at the top for past few years again. When was the Yankees last championship again

 

[Volprofch05]

Yes we sucked in the 80s but from the 90s through the early 2000s we were arguably the best organization in the sport that didn’t have to buy all their players (ie Yankees). And now we have been at the top for past few years again. When was the Yankees last championship again

27

 

[VolPack22]

27

Half the league have been in the World Series since the Yankees were last there

 

[Volprofch05]

Half the league have been in the World Series since the Yankees were last there

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[Christian Lowe]

Does Mookie Betts count?

As a Sox fan yes it does !

Was Mookie ever committed here? I think I remember Ke’Bryan Hayes and Tennessee being in play before he was drafted, but Mookie I can’t remember

 

[6-4-3]

Was Mookie ever committed here? I think I remember Ke’Bryan Hayes and Tennessee being in play before he was drafted, but Mookie I can’t remember

Betts was a Serrano commit. Yes.

 

[ERvolsfan]

Maui is the only guy drafted this year who hasn’t signed yet. The deadline is tomorrow evening… is it possible he doesn’t sign, and could return to Tennessee? I believe he still has a year or two of eligibility.

 

[OldTimer]

Maui is the only guy drafted this year who hasn’t signed yet. The deadline is tomorrow evening… is it possible he doesn’t sign, and could return to Tennessee? I believe he still has a year or two of eligibility.

has a year, and I’d take him back in a jiffy…….really came on strong at the end of the year (injury free?) and with a year of SEC play under his belt, he’d do great next year IMO