Top NY Mets prospect list likes what the team took in the 8th round in July

The 2025 MLB Draft wasn’t heavily featured in the minds of New York Mets fans who had to wait until the 38th selection to see a pick. Mitch Voit was the choice and in the latest rankings by MLB Pipeline, he falls in at number 9.

Prospect rankings, especially for someone so fresh to the pros, are subjective and often ridiculous to look back at even a year later. Several other recent draft picks made the list as well, but one stood out more than the rest.

Mr. Irrelevant on their top 30, Camden Lohman didn’t get taken until the 8th round. An 18-year-old pitcher from Missouri, a signing bonus of just under $800K was enough to convince him those TikToks of sororities aren’t worth his time. He could (and has) gone pro instead, skipping the college experience altogether. The signing bonus was the third-highest the Mets handed out which isn’t atypical when drafting high school kids. Yet to throw a pitch professional, Lohman could very well turn into one of those later round steals we dream about.

Camden Lohman is a Mets prospect to wait on patiently

No statistics to go on unless you start digging up how he did against other high school kids, Lohman’s profile on MLB Pipeline declares the increasing velocity on his fastball as one of his better weapons. He began to touch 95 mph, leading to the Mets’ willingness to go more than three times the slot value for where he was taken.

The 6’4 righty has a projected MLB ETA for 2029, putting him a little ahead of the game in comparison to some other Mets pitchers we’ve seen. Nolan McLean is already 24. Brandon Sproat turns 25 in September.

The Mets’ 4th round pick, Peter Kussow, ranks 27th in the system on the same list. Another high school pitcher who throws right-handed, the small difference in where each ranks shows the arbitrary nature of placing prospects in certain spots. There were 120 players taken between the two in the draft including three by the Mets. None of them cracked the top 30 on the most recent MLB Pipeline list.

New York has had some nice success to come out of the 8th round in recent years. Tomas Nido (2012), and Tylor Megill (2018) are two examples to reach the big leagues with some level of success. Boston Baro and Ryan Lambert, fellow top 30 prospects with the Mets currently, were the team’s 2023 and 2024 selections.