On Sunday, New Hampshire pitcher Liam Doyle became one of the highest drafted baseball players from the Granite State. The 21-year-old was selected fifth overall by the St. Louis Cardinals in the Major League Baseball draft.

With the No. 5 pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, the St. Louis Cardinals selected Liam Doyle. Here are a few things to know about the newest member of the Cardinals organization: New England Fireballer Finds a New Home Any team hunting for strikeouts and upside certainly found it in Liam Doyle.

With the fifth overall pick of the MLB Draft, the Cardinals selected Liam Doyle. Before the draft, Doyle was compared to reigning Cy Young Winner Tarik Skubal.

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.

St. Louis Cardinals assistant general manager Randy Flores speaks with the media on Sunday, July 13, 2025, after the team selected Liam Doyle in the first round of the MLB