2025 MLB Draft: Cam Leiter contract details revealed for Los Angeles Dodgers second-round pick

A week after getting drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the second round of the 2025 MLB Draft, former Florida State right-handed pitcher Cam Leiter has signed his pro contract, according to a report by Jim Callis of MLB.com. He’ll receive $1,349,100, a deal exactly in line with slot value for his pick.

Slot value for the pick Leiter was taken at — No. 65 overall — was $1,349,100. So the Dodgers thought he was worth paying for.

Cam Leiter was a superstar in college, emerging on the scene at UCF in 2023 before later transferring to Florida State. He was elite with the Seminoles in limited action before shoulder injuries took him off the mound.

So in some ways, the Dodgers will be banking on Leiter staying healthy. But when he’s healthy he’s got some impressive stuff.

Leiter made seven appearances for Florida State during the 2024 season before he was shelved with the shoulder woes. He went 5-1 in those starts with a 4.63 ERA. The talented pitcher worked 35.0 complete innings, striking out 56 in that timeframe while walking only 22. Opponents hit .241 off him.

Now, headed to the professional level, Cam Leiter will look to get healthy and refine his arsenal. He has a lot to potentially offer.

MLB.com had a solid write-up on Cam Leiter as a prospect prior to the MLB Draft. The publication wrote the following:

“When he’s healthy, Leiter has a lot to offer a future Major League team. He’s a big, physical 6-foot-5 right-hander with huge stuff. He has the chance to have four legitimate pitches, starting with an explosive fastball that he cranks up to 98 mph and averaged 95 mph last year, throwing it with excellent extension. His upper-80s slider is a true out pitch with huge spin and tilt. He can land his slower, 80-mph curve for strikes and has some feel for a changeup as well.

“The two main question marks surrounding Leiter are his ability to find the strike zone, with a 6.2 BB/9 rate over two years, and his health, which lead to some reliever risk concerns. It seems unclear what his prognosis is, with some talk of him pitching in the Cape Cod League for the first time this year ahead of the Draft. If he can return to the mound and show off that power stuff, he could still go in the top few rounds.”