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Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Baseball.

4 keys to a bounceback from top free-agent starting pitcher Zac Gallen

Zac Gallen is a workhorse starting pitcher with two top-five Cy Young finishes in the past four years who's still just 30 years old. Sounds like a top-tier free agent. Instead, he's a polarizing one because of his rocky 2025 season. Gallen still pitched 192 innings and recorded 175 strikeouts, but his ERA spiked to 4.83, one of the highest among qualified pitchers. (MLB.com)

UNC Baseball picked second in ACC preseason poll

No. 11 North Carolina will begin its pursuit of a second straight ACC baseball title picked second in the league by a narrow margin. In a poll of conference coaches, No. 5 Georgia Tech was picked to win the ACC, getting one more poll point (237-236) and one more first-place vote (7-6) than the Tar Heels as Scott Forbes enters his sixth season as head coach. (Tar Heel Tribune)

UNC Baseball Begins Second Week Of Scrimmages

UNC Baseball began its second week of Spring scrimmages with a fairly long scrimmage on Wednesday afternoon at a sunny but chilly Boshamer Stadium. The field was in excellent condition with the exception of some remaining snow on the outfield warning track. Lee Sowers, who had a 340-foot homer to left, was 2-4 with four RBI and a run scored. (GoHeels.com)

THT Newsletter: The Jarin Stevenson Game, Tar Heels headed to Super Bowl

Jarin Stevenson had himself a game in UNC’s upset of Virginia, Drake Maye and three other Tar Heels are heading to the Super Bowl, Carolina Basketball commits Maximo Adams and Kate Harpring are doing big things, Women’s hoops went 2-0 this past week, and the Diamond Heels have a week of spring scrimmages in the books. (Tar Heel Times Newsletter)

UNC Baseball Preparing for 2026 Season

As the 2026 baseball season approaches, UNC head coach Scott Forbes joins Tommy Ashley and Grace Nugent to discuss the Tar Heels' preparation for another run in the loaded ACC. Forbes and staff welcome a deep freshman class and transfer portal talent that will need to replace at least seven starters and the nation’s best pitcher in Jake Knapp. (Inside Carolina)

Video: This Week in UNC Baseball with Scott Forbes - Preparing for 2026

UNC Baseball coach Scott Forbes joins Inside Carolina's Tommy Ashley and Grace Nugent to discuss the Tar Heels' preparation for another run in the loaded ACC, a deep freshman class, transfer portal talent that will need to replace at least seven everyday starters, and the nation's best pitcher in Jake Knapp. (View Video)

UNC Pitcher Ryan Lynch: Made Not Found

Ryan Lynch is the Joe Burrow of the UNC clubhouse. He’s meticulous and detail oriented. He’ll wind down from an outing by watching a Pixar movie, listening to rock music, booting up Photoshop, or even tending to a woodworking project. It simplifies things for him. He has a reverence to pitching, as he does with many things in his life, as an art form. (Inside Carolina)

UNC Baseball Wraps Up First Week Of Spring Scrimmages

With threatening weather on the horizon, UNC Baseball held a lengthy scrimmage on Thursday at Boshamer Stadium as they wrapped up their first week of Spring scrimmages. Macon Winslow, who had a double for the scrimmage's only extra-base hit, was 3-4 with one RBI and one run scored. AJ Terry went 2-4 with three RBI and one run scored. (GoHeels.com)

UNC Baseball Holds First Scrimmage Of The Spring

UNC Baseball held its first scrimmage of the Spring on a raw, cold Wednesday afternoon at Boshamer Stadium. There were nine base hits in the six 1/2 inning scrimmage. Offensive Highlights: Only two batters had multiple base hits. Tyler Howe and Perry Hargett both went 2-3 with one RBI. Howe and Hargett also had the only two extra base hits. (GoHeels.com)

Three Heels Earn D1Baseball Preseason All-America Honors

Three UNC Baseball players have been named preseason All-America by D1Baseball. Pitchers Jason DeCaro and Walker McDuffie took spots on the second time while Gavin Gallaher made the third team. It's the second preseason All-America nod for both DeCaro and Gallaher and the first for McDuffie, who garnered freshman All-America awards in 2025. (GoHeels.com)

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