Mariners pick Stevenson, giving UNC two straight years with players going before 2nd round

After two outstanding seasons at North Carolina, catcher Luke Stevenson will continue his baseball career with the Seattle Mariners.

Two Tar Heels projected in first round of the 2025 MLB Draft

Two North Carolina players are projected first-round 2025 MLB Draft picks, and a third is in the top 100 of a list D1 Baseball released on Friday.

Honeycutt goes No. 22 to Orioles, highest Tar Heel picked in five years

Versatile center fielder Vance Honeycutt, who rewrote the record books during his three seasons at UNC, became the 25th first-round pick in program history and was the highest-picked Tar Heel in five years.

Why has Honeycutt, ‘polarizing’ to some scouts, slipped on draft boards?

Center fielder Vance Honeycutt did it all at UNC, from hitting a school-record 65 home runs and consistently saving runs with his outstanding range on defense to becoming the only Power 5 conference player in NCAA history with at least 60 home runs and at least 70 steals (76). Those numbers impress MLB scouts, but their reservations have Honeycutt curiously falling from a projected top-5 pick a year ago to between the middle and the bottom of the first round for Sunday’s MLB Draft.