The Mets first round pick of the 2022 draft has rocketed up the prospect rankings, earning an invite to major league camp this year. It’s weird to write this article on the day the Mets announced Jett Williams was getting assigned back to minor league camp. This move makes sense though! He wasn’t going to make major league team this year and typically for a prospect like Jett, the first week or so of spring is when the at bats are there for a prospect. We are heading into part of spring where veterans and position battles will start to get the lion’s share of at bats available.
Before the 2023 season, Baseball America had him listed as the #98 prospect and Baseball Prospectus had him at #75. This season Baseball America has him at #30, Baseball Prospectus at #23 and MLB.com finally has him on the top 100 list at #45.
He only played in 10 games after getting drafted, but they were note worthy. He went 8-for-32 at the plate hitting .250/.366/.438 hitting one double, triple and a homer while stealing six bases. Last year he started with St. Lucie where he he was able to hit .249/.422/.410 over 79 games. Then he crushed in Brooklyn hitting .299/.451/.567. He also got a cup of coffee with Binghamton getting to play in six games. Over the entire season he racked up an absurd 45 stolen bases with 22 doubles and 13 homers. He has speed and power.
With Brooklyn and St. Lucie, Jett spent about two thirds of time at short and the other third in the outfield. For the foreseeable future the Mets are set at short and the Mets have quite a few outfielders at the top of the prospect rankings. Jett has showed us so far that he’s special. When you’re special with the bat, you find your way into the lineup.
