St. Louis Cardinals select Liam Doyle with No. 5 pick
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The St. Louis Cardinals selected Tennessee LHP Liam Doyle with the No. 5 pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, making him the highest-drafted pitcher under Tony Vitello.
PHOENIX -- If you paid attention to college baseball in 2025, odds are that you saw Tennessee’s Liam Doyle. He was likely bounding off the mound after one of his program-record 164 strikeouts, exuberantly celebrating winning another one-on-one battle.
WHEN left-handed pitcher Liam Doyle transferred to the University of Tennessee for his junior year, Tennessee coach Tony Vitello didn’t like what he saw.
The day after New Hampshire native Liam Doyle was taken in the top five of the MLB Draft, another New England southpaw came off the board Monday. The Tigers took University of Maine lefthander Caleb Leys, a native of Middletown, R.I., in the fourth round on Monday.