Boston Red Sox pick Auburn pitcher in 18th round of MLB draft
The Boston Red Sox made Cade Fisher the fifth pitcher picked from Auburn’s 2025 team in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft when the American League club selected the left-hander at No. 538 on Monday.
Fisher is coming off his first season with the Tigers.
In 2025, he appeared in 14 games, with 10 starts. Fisher posted a 1-3 record and a 4.68 earned-run average. In 42.1 innings, he struck out 54 and yielded 38 hits and 23 walks.
Fisher came to the Plains from SEC rival Florida. In two seasons with the Gators, Fisher had a 10-3 record, although his ERA ballooned to 7.13 in 2024 after he went 7-0 with a 3.10 ERA as a freshman.
Fisher followed Dylan Watts, Cam Tilly, Samuel Dutton and Hayden Murphy into the draft on Monday.
The Toronto Blue Jays chose Watts at No. 202, the New York Mets took Tilly at No. 223, the Athletics selected Dutton at No. 290 and the Seattle Mariners picked Murphy at No. 453.
The five pitchers picked on Monday joined two other draft picks from the 2025 Auburn team so far. The Baltimore Orioles chose catcher/outfielder Ike Irish at No. 19 on Sunday and the Toronto Blue Jays selected infielder Eric Snow at No. 172 on Monday.
Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.
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