Who’s he and the place does he come from?
He’s Kyson Witherspoon and comes from Jacksonville, Floria. Nailing down precisely the place in Jacksonville is trickier, although, as Kyson and his three siblings (together with one twin, Malachi, who was additionally drafted final night time) moved 10 different times as children whereas their single mom hustled to pay the payments. The slot worth of the fifteenth total choose is over $5 million, so hopefully mother can lastly put her ft up.
What place does he play?
He’s a right-handed beginning pitcher.
Will he be any good?
The reply to this query is at all times the identical or each prospect (and it’s much more pertinent with pitchers): nobody is aware of. However he was rattling good on the mound with the College of Oklahoma the place, naturally, he performed together with his brother. (Twins are so cute!)
Witherspoon already has a giant fastball that tops out at 99 (although it sits within the mid-90s) and in faculty he’s typically been in a position to maintain his velocity whereas working deeper into video games. He mixes in a giant 11-5 curveball, however his cutter and slider as his major secondary pitches, together with a tough changeup that he doesn’t appear as assured in as of but.
With that arsenal he threw 95 innings for the Sooners this season, permitting 73 hits together with 9 dwelling runs, strolling 23, and hanging out 124. he was thought-about one of many perfect pitching prospects in the whole draft (MLB Pipeline had him because the fifth-highest rated pitching prospect) and it was considerably of a shock that fell to the Sox at 15.
Present me a cool spotlight.
Right here’s his 2025 spotlight reel. He actually has an uncommon supply (to not dissimilar from Kutter Crawford), which could make it even tougher for batters to choose up the ball.
What’s he doing in his image up there?
Trying somewhat nervous on the considered taking part in on a baseball crew with out his twin brother for the primary time in his life. Don’t fear, Kyson, the individuals of Portland will handle you!
When, if ever, will he be on the Pink Sox?
Maybe essentially the most thrilling factor about Witherspoon is that many scouts don’t suppose it can take him very lengthy to get to the massive leagues. Baseball America even speculated that he may make his MLB debut as early as 2026.
I wouldn’t learn an excessive amount of into the place Kyson leads to the Red Sox system for the remainder of this yr. For the rest of 2025, I’m anticipating the Sox pitching crew to deal with making no matter mechanical and arsenal tweaks they take into account for him. His actual climb to the massive leagues will start in 2026.
