The New York Mets welcomed two new players into their organization on Sunday night during the 2025 MLB First-Year Player Draft down in Atlanta. With their first selection (38th overall), they took a two-way player out of Michigan in Mitch Voit. Later on in the evening, they went with UCF shortstop Antonio Jimenez in the 3rd Round (102nd overall). When you look at Voit, he is a player who went...
With the 102nd pick of the 2025 MLB Draft, the Mets selected Antonio Jimenez, a shortstop out of UCF. This was the Mets’ second draft choice of the night, with the first being the selection of Mitch Voit out of Michigan. As a reminder, the Mets’ third-round selection was their second pick of the draft – the team forfeited their second-rounder as a competitive-balance penalty...
Sunday, July 13, 2024 • 6:00 pm ET Atlanta, GA ESPN • MLB Network The 2025 edition of the MLB June Amateur Draft is upon us. Day one of the draft is Sunday night, beginning at 6:00 pm ET. This is comprised of the first 105 picks of the first three rounds, compensatory rounds, competitive balance rounds, and prospect promotion incentive selections. Note, the first 43 selections will be live,...
When the MLB draft opens on Sunday, the New York Mets will watch 37 picks pass by before they make their first one. For the third time in a row, the Mets’ initial selection was moved back 10 slots for exceeding Major League Baseball’s competitive balance tax threshold. This year, they exceeded it by $40 million, and to make matters a bit worse, they had already forfeited their second-round...
