Tennessee’s Drew Beam, Christian Moore make cut for USA Baseball Collegiate National Team
Tennessee starting pitcher Drew Beam and second baseman Christian Moore both were named to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team roster after spending the past week in training camp. The 31-man roster was announced by USA Baseball Thursday afternoon.
Beam, who was invited and competed in intrasquad games last summer, makes the team after pitching three innings of scoreless baseball on Tuesday, where he allowed just one hit with a pair of strikeouts while facing 10 batters. Moore made a name for himself too over the week, highlighted by Tuesday’s performance where he went 3-for-4 with a home run, pair of runs driven in with two runs scored.
The duo joined the total of six Volunteers over the last three seasons to be invited to the workouts – along with Drew Gilbert (2021), Blade Tidwell (2021), Chase Burns (2022), Chase Dollander (2022) and Beam himself (2022).
Beam became the first player in program history to be invited multiple times since VFL J.P. Arencibia in 2005 and 2006.
The right-handed starter made every weekly start this season (17), going 9-4 over 84.1 innings pitched with an ERA of 3.63. Beam struck out 88 batters, walked 23 and threw one seven inning complete game. His three postseason starts were stellar, combining for 17.2 inning pitched of four-run baseball where he allowed 17 hits with 26 strikeouts and only three walks. He was also named the SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week on May 23.
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Moore’s sophomore campaign ended with a solid .304 average – where he finished second on the team with 17 home runs while driving in 50 base runners. The second baseman led the squad with a .444 on-base percentage, 16 stolen bases and 66 runs scored. He was Tennessee’s best hitter against left-handed pitching with an average well north of .320 and his postseason production was solid as he delivered a key two-run single in a win over Stanford in the College World Series and registered a 7-for-10 clip in the Clemson Regional.
The 2023 Collegiate National Team Training Camp competed in a four-game ‘Stars vs. Stripes’ intrasquad series in North Carolina. The camp roster featured 58 of the nation’s top non-draft eligible players. It began on June 23 and was played at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina.
The final 31-man roster will now compete a pair of five-game series against Chinese Taipei and Japan, with games taking place across the Carolinas from June 30-July 12.
