Mets' 2025 first-rounder arrived at Double-A this week ... and he's already on a tear
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Before Mitch Voit was able to make his Double-A Binghamton debut, there was rain. Tuesday's contest was postponed, delaying the first appearance in the upper Minors for the Mets’ No. 5 prospect by 24 hours. But once he strode into the box as the Rumble Ponies’ new leadoff hitter Wednesday, he started to hit -- socking a double on the second pitch he saw -- and hasn’t stopped since.
Voit capped off his first week at the level by setting career highs with four hits and five RBIs during Binghamton’s 9-3 win over Reading at FirstEnergy Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The Mets’ 2025 first-round pick clobbered the first pitch of the game from right-hander Reese Dutton (Phillies) over the left-field fence for his first roundtripper in his new digs.
Voit added a single in the second (in which Kevin Parada was thrown out at home, thwarting him of another RBI), a two-run rocket double in the fourth that one-hopped the center-field fence and clanked another two-bagger to a similar spot when plating a pair in the eighth. A touch more loft and the Mets would have had two Minor Leaguers enjoy three-homer days Sunday as Christopher Morel hit for the roundtripper trifecta with Triple-A Syracuse.
Through six games this week, Voit went 11-for-22 (.500) with six of his knocks going for extra bases en route to a 1.502 OPS. He walked more times (five) than he struck out (three), came within a triple of completing the cycle Sunday and drew five starts at shortstop -- where his 60-grade arm, tied for tops in the system, can shine -- and one at second base.
“They’re a lot more precise,” Voit said of Double-A pitchers to Binghamton broadcaster Matt Levine. “It’s about making them come into your plan and not necessarily adjusting to them, but making them adjust to you.”
Voit, who earned All-American honors as a junior at Michigan in 2025, had a slow acclimation to pro ball. He hit just .235 with three extra-base hits over 22 games last year with Single-A St. Lucie, then posted an OPS below .700 in both April and May to begin this season with High-A Brooklyn. But beyond the statistics and metrics, what Voit has been is available.
The 21-year-old has played in both legs of a doubleheader on five separate occasions this year, not always a common practice for a top prospect. He is yet to serve as the designated hitter once, continually on his feet up the middle six days a week, a sizable change from the four-per-week frequency of college.
Being a staple of the Brooklyn -- and now Binghamton -- lineup has enabled him to accrue 82 hits this year, the third-most in the Mets system. He hasn’t merely settled for reaching base either. Voit swiped just one bag through his first 12 games -- he’s racked up 38 in the 70 contests since, giving him the most steals across the organization.
“You have to be able to invite challenges,” he said. “Obviously, baseball is an unforgiving sport and it’s going to beat you up and knock you down. it’s really just about how you adjust along the way.
“I keep it day by day. I just try and be the best version of myself every single day.”
For a player who emphasizes consistency, Voit has been just that: he’s reached base safely in 38 of his past 44 games, a stretch in which he’s slashing .296/.410/.473.
The Mets are understandably high on Voit’s upside as he continues to focus solely on hitting after making 29 appearances on the bump as a two-way player during college. They handed him a Grapefruit League start alongside the big leaguers in March and have been aggressive in shifting him to Double-A, where he’s nearly three years younger than the average competitor in the Eastern League.