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Video: This Week in UNC Baseball with Scott Forbes - Fall Season Begins

After a taste of the College World Series, UNC Baseball coach Scott Forbes hopes to combine veterans, transfers, and freshman talent into a team that can reach the top when the 2025 season is complete. Forbes joins Tommy Ashley from Inside Carolina to discuss the fall baseball season and the importance of the next 45 days. (View Video)

Alex Madera returning to UNC Baseball for fifth season

Second baseman Alex Madera will return to North Carolina for his fifth college season, and will be part of the Home Run Derby X tour’s fourth and final stop on Saturday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park alongside former MLB stars. Madera and UNC first baseman Hunter Stokely will compete in the co-ed three-on-three competition starting at 7 p.m. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Orioles promote Vance Honeycutt after just eight games in Carolina League

The Baltimore Orioles have promoted former North Carolina centerfielder Vance Honeycutt after only eight games in the Carolina League. Honeycutt made his minor-league debut 10 days ago in Kinston with the Delmarva Shorebirds in the low-A Carolina League but now is off to the Orioles’ high-A South Atlantic League team, the Aberdeen Ironbirds. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Vance Honeycutt sends a heartfelt message to the University of North Carolina

The Vance Honeycutt era in Chapel Hill has officially come to a close, as the former North Carolina baseball star is off to begin his pro career with the Baltimore Orioles organization. After signing his contract with the Orioles, Honeycutt took to social media to post this heartfelt message to thank Carolina for allowing him to live out his dream. (Keeping It Heel)

Vance Honeycutt has outstanding pro debut as former UNC teammates face off in Kinston

In a battle of former UNC outfielders in Kinston on Thursday, Vance Honeycutt reached base three times in his minor-league debut and got his first professional hit. Honeycutt, who went 1 for 3, walked in the first and eighth innings and singled in the fifth. After the eighth-inning walk, he stole second base and third base before scoring on a throwing error. (Tar Heel Tribune)

How NIL Contracts Benefit UNC Baseball

Old Well Management, which absorbed previous collectives Heels4Life and Secondary Break Club, handles NIL negotiations for UNC’s 28 sports teams. Less than two months after the NCAA rule change, UNC Baseball concluded its season at the College World Series. Old Well Management was ready for negotiations when the Tar Heels returned home. (Inside Carolina)

Kaleb Cost on Baseball, Football, Balancing Both at UNC and More

Kaleb Cost is a baseball guy. But he’s also a football guy. Baseball is harder, he says, and football is the sport that has him on scholarship at UNC. It’s also the sport in which he will start this season. A sophomore who appeared in all 13 games last season, Cost taking over the star position has been one of the most interesting stories of preseason camp. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

How Kaleb Cost juggles college football and baseball at UNC

Picking UNC, Kaleb Cost made Mack Brown and Scott Forbes two happy coaches. Brown was able to add a defensive back to his football roster with super hand/eye coordination and explosive speed. Forbes picked up an outfielder who was all-state. hit .545 as a senior, and stole 84 bases. It was up to Cost to make it work. "It’s definitely a lot," Cost said. (AOL.com)

Diamond Heels Wrap Up Summer Baseball

The newest edition of Diamond Heels will assemble at Boshamer Stadium this week with the 2024 fall semester beginning on Monday, August 19. Over the summer, numerous Tar Heels competed as part of the USA Baseball Summer Tour, Appalachian League, Cape Cod League (CCBL), Coastal Plain League, and Old North State League. Here's a recap. (GoHeels.com)

Orioles prospect Vance Honeycutt has always been fast. A growth spurt made him a ‘freak.’

Vance Honeycutt played shortstop at Salisbury High School in North Carolina. He played a few times in the outfield for his travel team, but the new position was somewhat of an experiment to see what the newcomer might bring to a UNC roster that already had an established shortstop. While center field might have been new, the speed required wasn’t. (The Baltimore Banner)

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