Diamond Vols Podcast: Are the preseason rankings fair? How good will Tennessee's pitching staff be?
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🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 99 minutes
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GoVols247's Ben McKee is joined by former Vols pitcher Will Heflin on the latest Diamond Vols Podcast to discuss the latest news and notes surrounding Tennessee baseball.
In the first segment, McKee and Heflin discuss whether the preseason rankings have been fair to Tennessee ahead of Josh Elander's first season as head coach. They then preview the pitching staff in the second segment.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome into the Diamond Falls podcast on Govalls 24-7.com. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm Ben McKee, and I'm joined by Will Hefflin, former Tennessee baseball pitcher. |
| 0:19.0 | Will Heflin on this Wednesday, February 4th edition of the podcast. |
| 0:24.4 | We are Hunter Inslee days away from it being baseball time in Tennessee from the Josh Elander era kicking off. |
| 0:34.6 | We are Hunter Inslee days away as we sit down and record. We are also Justin Ammons |
| 0:41.2 | days away. We are Cortland Lawson days away. I don't think I'm leaving anybody off. Mr. Hefflin. |
| 0:48.7 | How are you, my friend? Doing well. Doing well. Ammo is still the best nickname that you've covered for Tennessee baseball. There's been some good ones, but ammo is tough to beat. |
| 1:02.2 | It would be the immature nature of myself. It would be ammo or Titty, Blade Tidwell well those are probably the two best nicknames |
| 1:12.9 | fair enough fair enough but i'm doing well man nine days i'm pumped yeah i can't believe it's |
| 1:21.3 | nine days i was messing with you over the weekend texted you a day early that it was will |
| 1:26.9 | heflin days away from it being |
| 1:29.0 | baseball time in Tennessee. |
| 1:30.4 | But I got got on Twitter. |
| 1:31.9 | I saw somebody post that we were, I think this person said Andrew Fisher days away. |
| 1:39.8 | But of course, when I see number 11, no offense, Mr. Fisher, Mr. First Round Pick, the most underrated |
| 1:47.3 | player in the country last year, Mr. I get on base in every single game that I play in, Mr. |
| 1:54.9 | Top-ranked third-based prospect and all a professional baseball, no offense, Mr. Fisher or Mr. Dolander, but when I see |
| 2:03.0 | number 11, I think of the great two-way player Will Heflin. But I texted you a day early because this |
| 2:08.5 | this person on this person on social media, I got got. I got got. They said we were 11 days away |
| 2:15.8 | and I looked at the calendar we weren't 11 days away |
| 2:18.6 | we were actually 12 days away at the time shout out to Ethan Payne shout out to gris the most |
| 2:23.6 | tenured vol that there is along with Kirby and in Elander at this point gris is still around |
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