Previewing the Mets’ 2025 MLB Draft

When the MLB draft opens on Monday, 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 draft pick after signing Juan Soto. Between the Soto signing and exceeding the Competitive Balance Tax Threshold, the Mets were lowered to pick No.