The 2023 MLB First-Year Player Draft concluded on Tuesday afternoon with eight Tennessee Volunteers having heard their names called in the draft.Eight picks ties the second-highest number of Volunteers taken in a single draft with the 1992 season and is behind only the 2022 draft class which had 10 players. The Vols also finished with the second-most picks in the Southeastern Conference, trailing just LSU who had 13.
Since head coach Tony Vitello assumed the reins of the program (2018), Tennessee has had 35 players drafted total. The last three draft classes have netted 25 picks and at least seven individuals have been selected each season since 2021.Tennessee had six pitchers taken in the 2023 draft, a new program record, surpassing the five arms chosen in both the 1992 and 1996 seasons.
RHP – Chase Dollander – Colorado Rockies – First Round – No. 9 Overall
SS – Maui Ahuna – San Francisco Giants – Fourth Round – No. 117 Overall
RHP – Andrew Lindsey – Miami Marlins – Fifth Round – No. 146 Overall
RHP – Seth Halvorsen – Colorado Rockies – Seventh Round – No. 202 Overall
UTL – Jared Dickey – Kansas City Royals – 11th Round – No. 319 Overall
RHP – Zach Joyce – Los Angeles Angels – 14th Round – No. 414 Overall
LHP – Jake Fitzgibbons – Arizona Diamondbacks – 14th Round – No. 415 Overall
RHP – Bryce Jenkins – New York Mets – 17th Round – No. 516 Overall