Chansky’s Notebook: Growing Pains Posted Jul 12, 2025 Vance Honeycutt is still chasing bad pitches. North Carolina’s baseball superstar of 2024 signed a $4 million contract with the Baltimore Orioles, and he is struggling with the few negatives he had as an All-American. The biggest problem that we watched as a long ball hitter was his habit of swinging at bad pitches and, consequently, striking out a lot. (Chapelboro.com)