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2025 MLB Draft: Michigan baseball sends Mitch Voit to New York Mets at No. 38 overall
Michigan baseball second baseman Mitch Voit became the highest-drafted Wolverine since 2000; he was selected in the Competitive Balance Round A, as part of the first round, by the New York Mets at No. 38. The most recent Michigan player drafted in the first round was catcher Dave Parrish, who was taken at No. 28 overall by the New York Yankees.
Voit was the only Wolverine to start in every game this year and was a crucial part of Michigan’s roster. He led the team in slugging percentage and OPS, slashing .346/.471/.668. He also led the team in home runs (14) and walks (40).
Voit’s biggest selling point is his hitting, which he has focused on after pitching out of the bullpen for Michigan early in his college career. MLB Pipeline graded his power at 50 and deemed him “one of the best all-around hitters in the Big Ten Conference.”
Voit attracted attention earlier this year when he mimed snorting a line of cocaine off third base in celebration of a triple in an 11-0 win over USC. Voit later apologized for the gesture in a post on X (formerly Twitter), writing, “The gesture I made does not reflect my character, the household I was raised in, or the block M that I represent in any kind of way.”
The same day he issued the apology, he was named Big Ten Player of the Week for hitting .667 over five games, including going 3-for-3 with four RBIs in that USC game.