Tennessee pitcher Steven Gruver recently was named the La Crosse Loggers Player of the Week after getting off to a 3-0 start this season in the Northwood League. Gruver earned his third victory of the year June 23, pitching seven innings while allowing two runs on six hits and striking out seven.
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University of Tennessee rising junior Blake Forsythe and former South-Doyle standout Bryce Brentz, a rising junior at Middle Tennessee State, were named to USA Baseball's national collegiate team on Wednesday night. Full story »

Jason Beverlin is a relative newcomer to coaching baseball, but he's no stranger to the man who hired him as Tennessee's new pitching coach.
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The Toronto Blue Jays signed catcher Yan Gomes who became the highest-drafted player in Barry University baseball history going in the 10th round and 310th overall.
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Jason Beverlin will be named pitching coach for Tennessee’s baseball team in the next few days, a source confirmed to the News Sentinel. Beverlin comes from Georgia Southern, but has ties to UT coach Todd Raleigh from Western Carolina. Full story »

When college classes begin in late August, Ryan Casteel will remain in Cleveland rather than traveling to Knoxville. Full story »

The issue of altered bats, which became an issue in the final regular season series between Tennessee and Vanderbilt, has now become a concern at the College World Series.
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Tennessee first baseman Cody Hawn and catcher Blake Forsythe were named to the second team on the ABCA/Rawlings All-South Region Team announced Friday. Full story »

There’s a number in Chad Bell’s head.
It’s preceded by a dollar sign.
“I’m going to keep it private,” Bell said.
The Texas Rangers, who selected Bell with the 424th overall pick in the 14th round of Wednesday’s Major League Baseball draft, are privy to that number.
“They know it,” the Tennessee signee said. “I know it.”
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Middle Tennessee State University sophomore Bryce Brentz, a former standout at South-Doyle High School, was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association All-American first team as a utility player for his contributions as an outfielder and pitcher.
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Tennessee may have lost two potential members of its pitching staff for the 2010 season during the second day of the Major League Draft. Full story »

Tennessee baseball coach Todd Raleigh would love to have Kentrail Davis return to the Vols next season for his junior year.
But after the first day of the Major League Baseball draft, Raleigh doubts Davis will be back.
The 5-foot-9 center fielder was selected with the 39th overall pick by the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night. He was the seventh pick in the supplemental round after 32 picks were made in the first round. Full story »

Twenty University of Tennessee baseball players are schedule to play in various summer leagues.
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The 2009 All Ping!Baseball Team was announced Friday and Tennessee sophomore first baseman Cody Hawn was among those honored. The Knoxville native was named to the second team. Full story »

Fred Corral’s second tour of duty as University of Tennessee pitching coach ended Friday. Corral was fired by second-year coach Todd Raleigh in the wake of the Vols’ 26-29 season.
“This was certainly not an easy decision,” Raleigh said in a statement released by UT. “I’m grateful for everything Fred has done for this program. Unfortunately, there were some philosophical differences that led to this conclusion.”
Corral said he did not know what the philosophical differences were.
“That’s hard for me to answer,” he said.
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