Minor League Mondays: Meet The Mets' 2025 Draft Class

The All Star Break brought a lot of attention to baseball over the past week, including the newest players to join the league. Major League Baseball moved its draft from late June to the break a few years ago to raise more awareness of the event, so David Stearns and the Mets' front office have been busy scouting potential draft picks over the past few months. The class of 2025 has arrived and are the focus of this week's edition of Minor League Mondays.

Michigan infielder Mitch Voit was the Mets' first pick in the 2025 draft.

The Mets' first-round draft pick was pushed back 10 slots due to the fact they have exceeded the third threshold of the luxury tax, but they made an interesting selection at no. 38 with Michigan second baseman Mitch Voit. Although he was announced as a two-way player, Voit will likely be a middle infielder in their farm system. Voit is a tremendous contact hitter with good power potential and speed, giving him the ability to move to center field if the Mets so choose.

The Mets' top picks were a bit short-changed as the team forfeited second and fifth-round selections for signing Juan Soto, making each choice they made more important. The second pick off the board for the Mets was UCF infielder Antonio Jimenez, who is a tremendous pull hitter who has questions about being able to handle higher-level competition. Jimenez's arm makes him best-suited for third base in the long haul.

The Mets did add some high school players to their system in the middle rounds with RHP Peter Kussow in the fourth, RHP Camden Lohman in the eighth and SS Anthony Frebose in the ninth. Kussow throws hard and has a slider with elite spin rate while Lohman is widely considered to be a sleeper in the Mets' class thanks to a plus arm and a curveball that is already an excellent pitch. Frebose is a local product, having played high school baseball at Lakeland High School in Westchester County.

Another intriguing wrinkle for the Mets was that they took two college pitchers who recently had Tommy John surgery in Florida State's Peyton Prescott and Central Missouri's Nathan Hall. Both pitchers throw very hard, although Prescott is likely to be a reliever while Hall could have a longer development cycle since he is relatively new to pitching after coming into college as a catcher.

To date, the Mets have signed 10 of their 19 draft picks, with Auburn RHP Cam Tilly being the only player inside the first 10 rounds who hasn't signed yet. Picks signed in the first 10 rounds count towards the Mets' bonus pool, which is the total amount of money each pick is worth in MLB's slotting system.

The Mets have gone over slot for the three high school players previously mentioned as well as two intriguing picks in the 11th (high school outfielder Wyatt Vincent) and 12th (Harvard RHP Truman Pauley) rounds. While Voit appears to be the biggest headliner as of now, the Mets are hoping they found a few hidden gems later in the class to add depth to their farm system prior to the trade deadline.