Tennessee baseball coach Tony Vitello hits balls to his players as they warm up before the start of the NCAA college baseball Knoxville Regional against Wake Forest on June 2, 2025, in Knoxville, Tenn. Saul Young/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Former Tennessee Baseball Star Gets Called Up To MLB

Originally posted on Tennessee Volunteers on SI
By Caleb Sisk | Last updated Jun 12, 2025 8:58 PM ET

The Tennessee Volunteers received some more good news in their off-season for the baseball programs, as a former Vol is getting his highly anticipated call-up to the big leagues. It was announced on Thursday that the Vols legend would be on the move after a historic season in Rocky Top.

The player to get called up is former second baseman and outfielder Christian Moore. Moore was drafted inside the top 10 in the most recent MLB Draft and is one of the fastest players in the class to get called up. He is arguably the greatest Tennessee Volunteers' second baseman in the history of the program and was dominating the minor leagues.

The Angels are calling up their top prospect 2B Christian Moore, per @TaylorBlakeWard

Moore was the 8th overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft and @MLBPipeline's 56th overall prospect pic.twitter.com/0XocyJYa31
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) June 13, 2025

In his minor league career, the talented prospect hit an average of .302 with 11 home runs and 52 runs batted in. He will likely be the starting second-baseman at the next level as many fans are hopeful that he will be the Los Angeles Angles' superstar in-fielder.

This article first appeared on Tennessee Volunteers on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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