Newest mock Bleacher Report has P Liam Doyle to Cardinals at 5

[ramfandan]

https://www.bleachernation.com/mlb/2025 ... raft-0616/

Top 4 were: Holliday, Anderson, Arnold, Willits
Then Doyle to Cardinals
Followed by : Arquette, Carlson, Hernandez ,Witherspoon , and JoJo Parker to round out the Top 10

[MrPostman01]

Several mocks have Liam #2 and would Colorado not draft a guy from Tennessee?

[Strummer Jones]

Not wild about that. I've seen some scuttlebutt on Doyle that says he's probably a back-end bullpen piece long term. Which, cool, definitely useful, but I don't want that at 5.

[TraveledLessRoad]

Not wild about that. I've seen some scuttlebutt on Doyle that says he's probably a back-end bullpen piece long term. Which, cool, definitely useful, but I don't want that at 5.

Agreed. At that point, just take a flyer on the prep pitcher, Hernandez. At least the upside is undeniable

[Ace Hollister]

I still think it will be Carlson

[renostl]

Not wild about that. I've seen some scuttlebutt on Doyle that says he's probably a back-end bullpen piece long term. Which, cool, definitely useful, but I don't want that at 5.

Maybe so.

He does have 3 pitches that play off of that fastball in a slider, cutter, and splitter.
I believe it's his durability that could be a bigger question mark.

[StL Star]

The pitchers the Cards want will be gone so go with Arquette as a run producer and put him at 3rd base. Don’t take Doyle at #5 !

[DickyBennett]

He will be a closer not a starter in MLB

[Strummer Jones]

Not wild about that. I've seen some scuttlebutt on Doyle that says he's probably a back-end bullpen piece long term. Which, cool, definitely useful, but I don't want that at 5.

Maybe so.

He does have 3 pitches that play off of that fastball in a slider, cutter, and splitter.
I believe it's his durability that could be a bigger question mark.

That's what I was given to understand. From what little video I've seen, he looks like he's got a high energy wind-up. In my VERY uneducated opinion, it doesn't look like there's a lot of moving parts that could get out of whack, but he very much looks like he's putting everything behind every single pitch. Whether he actually is or not, I don't know. But I'm not willing to spend a #5 pick to find out.

I like Doyle from a talent standpoint a lot. But especially given that two of our top pitching prospects have a big chance at not necessarily making it as starters but BOB pieces (Roby and Hence)...I don't know. I'd chance it if we were picking in our usual late teens/early 20's pick in the first, but I really thing we need a big moonshot in this draft, especially since we're picking no higher than 10 next year regardless of our record.

[82birds]

FWIW, Bloom has only taken one college arm in his career (Brendan McKay).




I saw ^ sentence in a very recent mock.

[TraveledLessRoad]

And i'm pretty sure "said" arm is out of Baseball