Two ex-Vols are surging in the minor leagues, and one got the upper hand on Thursday.
It really shouldn’t be a surprise to see former Tennessee Vols stars come face to face at the plate in the minor leagues nowadays. After all, Tennessee has seen their ranks enter the professional level at an unprecedented rate thanks to the turnaround job that Tony Vitello pulled off over the last decade in Knoxville.
But it’s still pretty interesting to see two former players from the same program square off, and that’s what happened on Thursday at Double-A Frisco. 2024 College World Series star Dylan Dreiling, with the Frisco RoughRiders of the Texas Rangers’ organization, stepped into the box against Vols 2025 ace Liam Doyle of the Springfield Cardinals…