Kyson Witherspoon selected in Round 1 of 2025 MLB Draft
By Andrew Olson
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Kyson Witherspoon is off the board.
Oklahoma‘s ace pitcher heard his name called on Sunday night during the first round of the 2025 MLB Draft. Witherspoon was taken No. 15 overall by the Boston Red Sox to begin his professional baseball career.
Witherspoon, a 6-2, 207-pound right-hander, spent the past 2 seasons with the Sooners after beginning his career at Northwest Florida State College. In his lone SEC season, Witherspoon was one of the top arms in the conference.
In 2025, Witherspoon was recognized as a Consensus All-American with Baseball America, D1Baseball, Perfect Game and the NCBWA naming him to the first team. Witherspoon posted impressive numbers in 2024 and then improved them across the board in 2025.
In 2024, Witherspoon made 15 appearances, including 11 starts. He posted a 3.79 ERA over 76 innings, striking out 86 batters while walking 38 as opposing batters hit .222.
This season, Witherspoon made 16 appearances, all starts. His workload increased to 95 innings and his ERA went down to 2.65 while his strikeout-to-walk ratio improved to 124-23.
Red Sox have taken RHP Kyson Witherspoon with the 15th overall pick, per @JoeDoyleMiLB.
— Tyler Milliken (@tylermilliken_) July 13, 2025
He falls to the Red Sox after being #10 on MLB Pipeline’s big board.
Another year of the Red Sox landing someone who wasn’t expected to be there…
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Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
