{"id":7865,"date":"2023-01-15T20:09:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T20:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/vance-honeycutt-top-pick-in-2024-mlb-draft\/"},"modified":"2023-01-15T20:09:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T20:09:00","slug":"vance-honeycutt-top-pick-in-2024-mlb-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/vance-honeycutt-top-pick-in-2024-mlb-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance Honeycutt Top Pick in 2024 MLB Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The UNC Baseball program enters the 2023 season with one of college baseball&#8217;s top players and a highly rated frontrunner in the 2024 MLB Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Outfielder Vance Honeycutt was named the top overall draft candidate in the 2024 draft, according to Perfect Game USA. Honeycutt was also named ACC Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Buy Tar Heels Tickets<\/p>\n<p>Last season, Honeycutt posted .296\/.409\/.672 and had 25 homers, 57 RBIs, and 29 stolen bases. He helped lead North Carolina to a regional victory and super-history before being eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>As a freshman, he was a consensus Freshman All-America. He became the first player in his UNC baseball history to hit 20 home runs and his 20 stolen bases in the same season.<\/p>\n<p>He earned five All-American honors following his freshman season and was a third-team All-ACC selection.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CmhlaPaMmOZ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Honeycutt finished ACC in stolen bases (2nd), home runs (4th), sacrifice bunts (5th), triples (5th), total bases (6th), at-bats (8th), and runs scored (10th). ranked within the top 10 of  ) and slugging percentage (10 days).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>follow us <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tarheelswire\" target=\"_blank\">@TarHeelsWire<\/a><\/i><i>  Like our page on Twitter <\/i><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/span><i>  Follow our ongoing coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels news, notes and opinions.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Please let us know what you think. 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