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Instant Analysis: Brewers Select Andrew Fischer in First Round of 2025 MLB Draft
Instant Analysis: Brewers Select Andrew Fischer in First Round of 2025 MLB Draft originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The pick is in! The Milwaukee Brewers have made their selection on who will lead their 2025 MLB Draft class. Advertisement Holding the 20th overall selection in the first round, with a slot value of $4,268,100, the Brewers picked Tennessee 1B/3B Andrew Fischer. Who is this player and how does he fit in the organization? Here are some instant takeaways and analysis from the selection. Tennessee's Andrew Fischer (11) gestures as he rounds the bases after hitting a home run during game one of the NCAA baseball tournament Fayetteville Super Regional between Tennessee and Arkansas held at Baum-Walker Stadium on Saturday, June 7, 2025. Andrew Fischer, 1B/3B, Tennessee Back-to-back seasons the Brewers go with a corner infielder from the University of Tennessee. Andrew Fischer comes to the Crew in a bit of a surprise. While the Brewers have historically preferred up the middle players, they've now gone with a corner infielder in two of the last three Drafts, going back to Brock Wilken in 2023. Advertisement Offensively, Fischer is a prototypical corner infielder with big time raw power and a solid enough hit tool. In his lone season at Tennessee, replacing Blake Burke who is also in the Brewers system, Fischer hit .341/.497/.760 with 25 home runs with 63 walks and 42 strikeouts. Defensively, Fischer has experience at third base, but he lacks the range to continue to play there at the next level. He'll likely move to first base as he goes up through the system. The Brewers love players that make great swing decisions, it's a point of emphasis for their hitting development and Fischer makes some of the best swing decisions in this Draft. Despite being a power-over-hit guy, the hit tool is pretty solid and it's a well rounded look on offense. The Brewers are also likely getting some slot money savings here with this pick, allowing them the flexibility to be creative with their later selections. Fischer is the sixth straight position player in the first round for Milwaukee. Five of those six have been from the college ranks. Related: 2025 Milwaukee Brewers Top 50 Prospects June Update This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 13, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
03-07-2025
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Red Sox Predicted to Land Dominant Left-Handed Power Hitter in MLB Draft
Red Sox Predicted to Land Dominant Left-Handed Power Hitter in MLB Draft originally appeared on Athlon Sports. In ESPN's latest mock draft, where MLB insiders make the picks, the Boston Red Sox are predicted to land Andrew Fischer 34th overall, a corner infielder from the University of Tennessee. Advertisement Kiley McDaniel of ESPN says Fischer combines advanced power and plate discipline, making him an ideal fit for Boston's youth movement. "Fischer is getting buzz all over the 20s and also likely won't last this long [34] on draft day," McDaniel said. In 271 at-bats with Tennessee this season, Fischer hit .341 with a monster .497 on-base percentage. He racked up 25 homers (good for third in NCAA DI), 65 RBIs, and 63 walks across 65 games played. Oh, and his OPS was a whopping 1.257. Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow speaks with the media at the Hilton Anatole during the 2024 MLB Winter Miron-Imagn Images "Fischer's signature tool is his plus power that works to all fields, the product of a left-handed swing with bat speed and loft," prospect profile says. "He showed that he can launch balls in the air with wood bats last summer in the Cape Cod League." Advertisement His ability to dominate in arguably the best conference in college baseball (SEC) could put the 21-year-old higher on many draft boards than where the Red Sox are being projected to take him, 34th overall. After all, prospect rankings for the upcoming draft have Fischer ranked 29th. With Triston Casas injured, it remains to be seen where Fischer would land with a healthy lineup. The Tennessee product can play either corner infield spot and could even be a designated hitter if his hitting develops to that level. The addition of Fischer would bring a big-time power bat to Boston sooner than some may think. Related: Red Sox's Alex Cora Delivers Three-Word Message on Walker Buehler Amid Struggles This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 2, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
15-06-2025
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Tennessee baseball year-by-year home run totals under Tony Vitello
Tennessee (46-19, 16-14 SEC) ended its 2025 baseball season with a fifth consecutive appearance in a NCAA Tournament super regional. The Vols also appeared in its sixth consecutive regional under eighth-year head coach Tony Vitello. Tennessee finished the 2025 season with 131 home runs to its opponent's 69 home runs. The Vols also hit 45 home runs in regular-season SEC competition, three more than their opponents (42). Advertisement Andrew Fischer led Tennessee in home runs with 25. Gavin Kilen (15), Dalton Bargo (14), Dean Curley (14), Reese Chapman (13), Cannon Peebles (11), Levi Clark (10) and Hunter Ensley (10) hit 10-plus home runs in 2025. Stone Lawless (5), Chris Newstrom (5), Blake Grimmer (4), Manny Marin (3), Jay Abernathy (1) and Hunter High (1) also recorded home runs in 2025 for the Vols. Tennessee hit 184 home runs during its 2024 national championship season. Below are Tennessee's home run totals each season under Vitello. PHOTOS: Tony Vitello through the years Tennessee baseball year-by-year home run totals under Tony Vitello Blake Burke Year Home runs 2025 131 (45 SEC) 2024 184 (72 SEC) 2023 126 (50 SEC) 2022 158 (74 SEC) 2021 98 (45 SEC) 2020 31 (SEC games canceled) 2019 53 (19 SEC) 2018 42 (20 SEC) *Home runs in SEC regular-season games are in parenthesis (SEC games in 2020 were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic) Advertisement More: Inside Andrew Fischer's historic on-base streak at Tennessee in 2025 Tennessee baseball individual home run leaders each season under Tony Vitello Christian Moore Year Player 2025 Andrew Fischer (25) 2024 Christian Moore (34) 2023 Griffin Merritt (18) 2022 Trey Lipscomb (22) 2021 Jordan Beck, Luc Lipcius (15) 2020 Alerick Soularie (5) 2019 Andre Lipcius (17) 2018 Andre Lipcius, Benito Santiago (7) Tennessee baseball individual home run leaders in SEC games each season under Tony Vitello Andrew Fischer Year Player 2025 Andrew Fischer (11) 2024 Christian Moore (20) 2023 Zane Denton, Griffin Merritt (9) 2022 Luc Lipcius (13) 2021 Evan Russell (10) 2020 SEC games canceled 2019 Andre Lipcius (6) 2018 Brodie Leftridge, Andre Lipcius (4) Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter). This article originally appeared on Vols Wire: Breaking down Vols' home run totals each season under Tony Vitello
The Guardian
10-06-2025
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The Guardian view on Zambia's Trumpian predicament: US aid cuts are dwarfed by a far bigger heist
Donald Trump's decision to cut $50m a year in aid to Zambia – one of the world's poorest nations – is dreadful, and the reason given, corruption, rings hollow. There is evidence of large-scale looting, but the real scandal is that the theft appears legal, systemic and driven by foreign interests. In a paper presented to the Association for Heterodox Economics conference in London later this month, Andrew Fischer of Erasmus University Rotterdam argues that Zambia's economy is not being plundered by domestic actors but rather by transnational corporate practices enabled by opaque accounting. His findings point to a staggering extraction of wealth that dwarfs the value of the aid intended to help. Zambia is blessed – or perhaps cursed – with mineral wealth. It is Africa's second-largest copper producer. The metal, key to the green energy transition, accounts for around 70% of the country's export earnings. Despite this, in 2020 Zambia became Africa's first pandemic-era defaulter. It has only just agreed a debt restructuring with major creditors. How did a nation so rich in natural resources become so poor? Prof Fischer says this is a textbook example of a low-income commodity exporter shaped by foreign capital, where export booms enrich multinationals rather than the country itself. In Zambia's case, copper may bring in foreign exchange, but much of that money simply flows straight back out. His most striking discovery is the scale and concealment of capital flight. He uncovered billions flowing out of Zambia, hidden in its balance-of-payments data. These were not flagged as 'errors and omissions' but obscured in entries considered too elaborate to probe. In 2021 alone, $5bn – about 20% of GDP – vanished offshore, just as Zambia was defaulting on its debt. This was in addition to profit remittances of $1.2bn. In contrast, US annual grant aid amounted to just $250m, or 1% of Zambia's GDP. It's a sobering difference between a trickle of assistance against a torrent of extraction. Prof Fischer links the outflows to mining giants dominating Zambia's economy. These firms invested billions from abroad to fund operations, but the money left almost as soon as it arrived. What looked like foreign direct investment during last decade's mining boom masked a deeper drain: profits repatriated through financial outflows. The numbers are extraordinarily large for Zambia: more than $5bn in 2012, $3bn in 2015, and nearly $2bn in 2017. These private sector flows were beyond public scrutiny. Mining companies have long been accused of dodging taxes in Zambia. In 2018 the tax authorities slapped an $8bn tax bill on the Canadian mining company First Quantum Minerals, which later reportedly settled for $23m. Glencore, an Anglo-Swiss giant, left the country in 2021 after falling out with the authorities. Yet in 2023 half of Zambia's copper was exported to Switzerland – that is, bought and sold by Swiss commodity traders like Glencore. Academics Rita Kesselring and Gregor Dobler noted in 2019 that such firms exploit transfer pricing and a lack of transparency to shift profits abroad. Prof Fischer's research similarly points to legal mechanisms embedded in world commerce. He concedes that some outflows may involve wealthy Zambians, but questions whether they could move funds on this scale and complexity. His research exposes a form of wilful blindness. If transnational corporations can legally strip Zambia of its wealth while donors look the other way, then the real scandal isn't theft. It's the global economic system itself.
USA Today
10-06-2025
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- USA Today
Tennessee baseball year-by-year home run totals under Tony Vitello
Tennessee baseball year-by-year home run totals under Tony Vitello Tennessee (46-19, 16-14 SEC) ended its 2025 baseball season with a fifth consecutive appearance in a NCAA Tournament super regional. The Vols also appeared in its sixth consecutive regional under eighth-year head coach Tony Vitello. Tennessee finished the 2025 season with 131 home runs to its opponent's 69 home runs. The Vols also hit 45 home runs in regular-season SEC competition, three more than their opponents (42). Andrew Fischer led Tennessee in home runs with 25. Gavin Kilen (15), Dalton Bargo (14), Dean Curley (14), Reese Chapman (13), Cannon Peebles (11), Levi Clark (10) and Hunter Ensley (10) hit 10-plus home runs in 2025. Stone Lawless (5), Chris Newstrom (5), Blake Grimmer (4), Manny Marin (3), Jay Abernathy (1) and Hunter High (1) also recorded home runs in 2025 for the Vols. Tennessee hit 184 home runs during its 2024 national championship season. Below are Tennessee's home run totals each season under Vitello. PHOTOS: Tony Vitello through the years Tennessee baseball year-by-year home run totals under Tony Vitello Year Home runs 2025 131 (45 SEC) 2024 184 (72 SEC) 2023 126 (50 SEC) 2022 158 (74 SEC) 2021 98 (45 SEC) 2020 31 (SEC games canceled) 2019 53 (19 SEC) 2018 42 (20 SEC) *Home runs in SEC regular-season games are in parenthesis (SEC games in 2020 were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic More: Inside Andrew Fischer's historic on-base streak at Tennessee in 2025 Tennessee baseball individual home run leaders each season under Tony Vitello Year Player 2025 Andrew Fischer (25) 2024 Christian Moore (34) 2023 Griffin Merritt (18) 2022 Trey Lipscomb (22) 2021 Jordan Beck, Luc Lipcius (15) 2020 Alerick Soularie (5) 2019 Andre Lipcius (17) 2018 Andre Lipcius, Benito Santiago (7) Tennessee baseball individual home run leaders in SEC games each season under Tony Vitello Year Player 2025 Andrew Fischer (11) 2024 Christian Moore (20) 2023 Zane Denton, Griffin Merritt (9) 2022 Luc Lipcius (13) 2021 Evan Russell (10) 2020 SEC games canceled 2019 Andre Lipcius (6) 2018 Brodie Leftridge, Andre Lipcius (4) Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).
