The Mets have signed Mitch Voit, their first pick in the 2025 draft, according to a Thursday morning announcement. Voit, a twenty-year-old Milwaukee native drafted out of the University of Michigan, was selected with the thirty-eighth pick.
For the third straight season, the Mets’ first-round pick in the draft was knocked down ten slots as a result of the Competitive Balance Tax. Voit signed with the Mets for $1.75 million, well below the $2,569,400 slot value.
Voit has potential as a two-way player. As a position player, he’s seen time at both first and third base, but most recently settled in as a full-time second baseman during his junior season last spring, during which he hit .