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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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n
For the third straight season, the Mets\u2019 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.<\/p>\n
Voit has potential as a two-way player. As a position player, he\u2019s 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 .346\/.471\/.668 with 14 homers and 14 stolen bases. Voit also drew 40 walks to just 34 strikeouts, demonstrating a disciplined approach.<\/p>\n
As a pitcher, Voit sat in the low 90s, recording a 3.25 ERA in his freshman season and a 5.49 ERA his sophomore year. He was kept off the mound this spring after undergoing elbow surgery. It\u2019s unclear if the Mets would plan to pursue Voit\u2019s pitching development, especially given the spike in his offensive results in 2025 when he was focused solely on being a position player.<\/p>\n
Voit went viral earlier this spring for celebrating a triple by pretending to snort the third-base-line chalk as if it was cocaine. Voit later apologized, and Mets vice president of amateur scouting Kris Gross confirmed on Monday that the organization was comfortable with Voit\u2019s makeup.<\/p>\n
Voit is the first Met to be drafted from the University of Michigan since RHP Mac Lozer in 2017 and the first Met to be drafted No. 38 since David Wright in 2001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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