Over the course of nine hours, the White Sox made their final 17 selections to round out their 2025 MLB draft class. In case you missed the first three … Billy Carlson, SS, Corona HS (Calif.) Jaden Fauske, OF, Nazareth Academy (Ill.) Kyle Lodise, SS, Georgia Tech … and the prep picks and/or shortstops didn’t stop there. Fourth round (106th …
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Red Sox select Mason White with fourth-round pick
With the 118th overall pick in the 2025 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Mason White, a shortstop from Arizona. A local product out of Salpointe Catholic HS in Tucson, White had a big draft year, as he was given an All-American nod by Perfect Game (second team) and D1Baseball.com (third team). He was also the most valuable player of both …
Read More »‘He wanted to be a Red Sox’: A look at some of Boston’s Day 2 draft picks
The Red Sox used 15 of their 21 picks in the 2025 MLB Draft on pitchers, including 10 from the SEC. All 15 are 6-foot-2 or taller. It continued chief baseball officer Craig Breslow’s trend of prioritizing pitchers. Twenty-nine of his 41 picks over two drafts have been hurlers. “Big frame, big velo and stuff — that’s kind of how …
Read More »Red Sox draft pick with ‘big velocity’ listed as candidate to make MLB debut in 2026
Baseball America listed Red Sox first round pick Kyson Witherspoon as one of 12 prospects from the 2025 MLB Draft who could reach the majors in 2026. The 15th overall pick out of Oklahoma, is up to 99 mph with his fastball and has a five-pitch mix. Baseball America wrote, “College starters who saw sizable workloads like Witherspoon are typically …
Read More »Who’s Kyson Witherspoon, Red Sox first round pick? ‘I don’t like being second’
Who’s Kyson Witherspoon, the 20-year-old righty who the Red Sox drafted 15th overall Sunday? The 6-foot-2, 207-pounder posted a 10-4 record with a 2.65 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 124 strikeouts and 23 walks in 16 starts (95 innings) at Oklahoma this college baseball season. “With Kyson, it’s big velocity,” director of amateur scouting Devin Pearson said. “And he’s held it over …
Read More »Red Sox take righthander Kyson Witherspoon with No. 15 in MLB Draft
Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Pearson and the Sox put to rest any notions of their reluctance to select pitchers on Sunday night. The team used its first-round pick to nab 20-year-old Oklahoma righthander Kyson Witherspoon, viewed by some as the top college righthander in this year’s class. …
Read More »Red Sox draft Kyson Witherspoon, righty up to 99 mph in first round of 2025 MLB draft
The Red Sox have selected 20-year-old righty Kyson Witherspoon out of Oklahoma with the 15th overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft. Witherspoon posted a 10-4 record with a 2.65 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 124 strikeouts and 23 walks in 16 starts (95 innings) this college season. He’s the first pitcher Boston has selected in the first round since drafting Tanner …
Read More »Red Sox reactions: Boston wins 10th straight and heads to All-Star break on fire
BOSTON — Instant reactions as the Red Sox (53-45) extend their winning streak to 10 games — their longest since 2018 — with a 4-1 win to sweep the Rays as breakout stars Brayan Bello and Ceddanne Rafaela close the first half of the year on a high note: 1) It’s hard to come up with new positive things to …
Read More »As Red Sox go for first 10-game win streak since 2018, Wilyer Abreu the odd man out
BOSTON — As the Red Sox close out the (unofficial) first half of their season Sunday against the Rays, they’ll look to do something they haven’t done since their last championship season. Boston has won nine in a row and is looking for its first 10-game win streak since July 2-12, 2018, which coincidentally also started at Nationals Park. The …
Read More »Red Sox make minor trade, shake up Triple-A catching mix
BOSTON — The Red Sox completed a minor trade over the weekend that depleted some of their catching depth at Triple-A. Boston dealt Blake Sabol to the White Sox for cash considerations, according to a release from the WooSox. Sabol will be assigned to Chicago’s top affiliate in Charlotte. Sabol was third on the depth chart behind big league options …
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