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Drafting Liam Doyle represents a change in philosophy for the St. Louis Cardinals

The Cardinals selected left-handed pitcher Liam Doyle with the fifth overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft. Doyle doesn't fit the mold of Cardinals draftees.

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Liam Doyle is many things as a pitcher. He's electric. He's fiery. He has plus stuff. But he certainly doesn't feel like a typical St. Louis Cardinals draft pick.

That's a good thing.

For an organization that has drafted safely for so long, selecting Liam Doyle fifth overall represents that there's a changing of the guard going on behind the scenes.