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For those who missed it, Carson Fulmer was cut by the Detroit Tigers a few days ago. According to MLive.com: "... the Tigers designated right-handed reliever Carson Fulmer for assignment. Fulmer is out of options, meaning he cannot be transferred to the minor leagues without first clearing waiv...

Great to see Yaz doing so well in the majors. I think there was a time when he was at Vandy when few believed he would ever be in the majors but here his is playing well in the MLB. I think I remember someone posted here that the Orioles had done the Red Sox a favor by drafting Yaz. Yaz would have ...

Yaz made a great catch at the wall last night and had a walk-off walk to win the game.

Yaz's amazing catch helps Anderson to CG

From Wayne Cavadi for NCAA. com. Vandy gets a mention, but is not one of the record holders.

College baseball's most unbreakable records

Corbs' induction into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame will be televised per Mike Organ for The Tennessean:

Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame induction to be televised across the state

Lt. Dans crushed a two-run, walk-off homer to center field last night to lead the Braves past the Nats. He went three for six with two RBI and two runs scored to raise his average to .298.

Braves top Nats on Swanson's walk-off HR

Will Backus on Sonny's record-setting start for The Tennessean:

Former Vanderbilt pitcher Sonny Gray off to a blistering pace in second season with Cincinnati Reds

gives us 5 hits and 1 run. The 1 run, Reynolds first homer of the year. Sonny is in All-Star form. He's 4-1 with an ERA of 2.05 in 30.2 IP with 45 Ks versus 9 BBs. Opposing batters are hitting only .173 against him. Unfortunately, Kyle Wright took another loss last night for the Braves. He's now 0-...

Good piece from The Sun in Lowell, Massachusetts about new commit Raymond Velazquez:

Lowell’s Velazquez commits to Commodores

Yesterday they had the Dodgers vs. Giants game. Former Vanderbilt pitcher Walker Buehler was on the mound for the Dodgers and he pitched against former Vanderbilt star Mike Yastrzemski. Walker walked Yastrzemeski on his first at bat. Yastrzemski had a two-run RBI single off Buehler to give the Gian...

This is pretty funny.

Watch Giants players hilariously fail spelling Mike Yastrzemski's name

Dansby continued his season-long hit streak last night, going 1-3 with a walk and two runs scored. Yaz went 0-1 with four walks, two runs scored, and an RBI.

Just heard on the Braves broadcast that Kyle will get the start tomorrow in Atlanta.

Good piece on Lt. Dans from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Dansby has a hit in every game so far and his stat line going into today's game is: .387 BA, .406 OBP, .677 SLG, 2 HR, 3 2B, 7 Runs, 11 RBI, 2 SB.

Dansby Swanson’s fast start a product of a very serious mind

From the Savannah Morning News:

Benedictine’s Carter Holton to play in Perfect Game All-American Classic

Is this a permanent rule change, or just something for the shortened season? Kind of reminds me of college football overtime where you start the drive from the 25 already. As I understand it, the new extra inning rule is for this season only, but if it the players and teams like it, I wouldn't be s...

MLB roster breakdown by colleges from D1 Baseball. VU is tied for third with sixteen.

Colleges With Most Players On MLB Opening Day Rosters

For those who missed it, Yaz was the leadoff man for the Giants last night and went 2-4 in a loss to the Dodgers. Although he wasn't in the Dodgers lineup, Walker Buehler was miked up in one half inning and talked about playing with no fans and other aspects of baseball during the pandemic.

From the Daily Advertiser in Lafayette, Louisiana:

New NCAA scholarship aid rule to benefit all, but private schools like Vanderbilt the most

D1 Baseball's Aaron Fitt, Kendall Rogers and David Seifert imagined what this summer's Team USA would have looked like, and not surprisingly, both Kumar and Leiber are on their team:

2020 Vision: What Team USA Might Have Looked Like