The White Sox will have plenty of options with the 10th pick, as there will be some solid players to pick from. With roughly one month until the draft, no pick is set in stone, as there haven’t been too many rumors as to who the Sox are eyeing.
We will start to take a look at some of the options that could be available at 10 for the White Sox, as there are a few different directions they could go in. In most mock drafts, the top 10 is filled with prep shortstops, college infielders, and college arms. While the weakest part of the White Sox farm system is outfielders, the best practice is to go best player available instead of need. Let’s take a look at one of the players that could be on the White Sox radar at 10, Tennessee Pitcher Liam Doyle.
While the one thing the White Sox have been good about developing over the last few years is pitching, you don’t like to make your selections based on need in the draft. Drafting on need can force you into a pick you wouldn't normally make, as it may cause you to reach on a player. If Liam Doyle is there at 10 and he is the number one player on the White Sox draft board, they should select him, regardless if they have a good pipeline of young arms.
Ranked as the 9th best draft prospect on MLB Pipeline, Liam Doyle had a very nice season with the Volunteers, his first with the team. In 95.2 innings, Doyle pitched to a 3.2 ERA and a very good .993 WHIP.
Liam Doyle's 9Ks over 4.1 Innings. pic.twitter.com/Di2wKeWlLw
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) February 28, 2025
He struck out 164 batters in those innings, as that is good for an elite 15.4 K/9 ratio, which is among the best of the draft eligible pitchers. As a lefty, Doyle has a 100 MPH+ fastball, which you simply cannot teach. With the White Sox track record of developing lefty pitchers, Doyle could be another in the long line of successful lefties with the Sox.
While this is Doyle’s first elite season, as he pitched to a 4.15 ERA with Coastal Carolina as a freshman in 2023 and to a 5.73 ERA with Mississippi in 2024, the talent and stuff has certainly been there all throughout college, as he has never had less than an 11 K/9 ratio.
Walks were a bit of an issue for Doyle, as he had a 3.4 BB/9 ratio last season, but he lowered it to 3.0 this year, which is a great sign that he is making progress on a weakness. This led to his best WHIP in his college career, so he is trending in the right direction.
"Liam Doyle is a MADMAN" 🤣 pic.twitter.com/rt025WPkfg
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) June 3, 2025
Doyle has the stuff and the mentality that you can't teach a pitcher. While the White Sox already have two top-30 LHP prospects, the need isn’t there to select Doyle with the 10th pick. However, if the board falls a certain way, there is a chance that Doyle is the best prospect on the board at 10 and you take him without thinking twice, as he could add to a potentially lethal rotation for the White Sox in just a few years.
