Jett Williams

Week: 6 G, 26 AB, .385/.467/.962, 10 H, 3 2B, 3 3B, 2 HR, 4 BB, 7 K, 1/1 SB (Double-A)

2025 Season: 55 G, 196 AB, .296/.400/.526, 58 H, 17 2B, 5 3B, 6 HR, 32 BB, 47 K, 18/22 SB, .364 BABIP (Double-A)

This week was another week where there were a ton of potential candidates.

The Binghamton Rumble Ponies played the 18-44 Richmond Flying Squirrels and Kevin Parada and Ryan Clifford feasted, with the former hitting .438/.412/1.000 in 4 games with 3 doubles and 2 homers and the latter hitting .375/.429/.750 in 5 games also with 3 doubles, 2 homers, 1 stolen base, and 3 walks. The Brooklyn Cyclones played the 27-36 Ashville Tourists and Carson Benge had an excellent series, hitting .348/.423/.522 in 6 games with 4 doubles, 2 walks, and 1 stolen base. The St. Lucie Mets played the 27-36 Daytona Tortugas and standouts in that series include Colin Houck, who hit .308/.379/.654 in 6 games with 1 double, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 2 stolen bases, and 3 walks, Trey Snyder, who hit .381/.480/.714 in 5 games with 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run, 4 stolen bases, and 4 walks, and Daiverson Gutierrez, who hit .429/.619/.500 in 5 games with 1 double, 1 stolen base, and a whopping 7 walks.

Ultimately, Jett Williams was better than all of the above, and frankly, had one of the better weeks that I can remember.

Coming into the season, Amazin’ Avenue ranked Williams the Mets number two prospect for the 2025 season, behind only Brandon Sproat. The infielder/outfielder had previously been ranked the Mets’ top prospect in 2024, but missed the majority of the season due to wrist problems. He got off to a sluggish start with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in April, hitting .179/.360/.308 in 11 games, received a pair of cortisone injections, and then underwent a procedure that kept him off the field for four months. He returned in late August and wrapped up the season hitting .172/.287/241 in 22 games with Binghamton and .364/.533/.546 in 6 games with Syracuse.

Williams is clearly healthy, and given Brandon Sproat’s own struggles, is clearly the Mets’ top prospect once again.

Brendan Girton

Week: 1 G, (1 GS), 5.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (High-A)

2025 Season: 12 G (9 GS), 46.1 IP, 34 H, 21 R, 15 ER (2.91 ERA), 22 BB, 55 K, .294 BABIP (Double-A)

Brendan Girton was drafted by the Mets in the 10th round of the 2024 MLB Draft out of the University of Oklahoma. After graduating high school, he attended Texas Tech, where he posted a cumulative 5.21 ERA over the course of three years, dealing with injuries in his second and third year there. Eligible for the 2023 MLB Draft, the right-hander was not selected by a Major League Baseball ball club. As a result, Girton entered the transfer portal that summer and transferred to the University of Oklahoma for the 2024 season, his redshirt junior year. Once again splitting time as a starter and reliever, the right-hander posted a 7.32 ERA in 35.2 innings, allowing 44 hits, walking 31, and striking out 47.

After being drafted, the assigned Girton to the St. Lucie Mets, where he made three appearances and allowed 4 earned runs in 3.0 innings with 5 hits allowed, 4 walks, and 5 strikeouts. The 23-year-old was assigned to the Brooklyn Cyclones to start the 2025 season and has been used primarily as a starter or piggyback-starter after pitching as a starter and reliever in college. After an uninspiring April, he has since gotten his sea legs under him (pitching in Brooklyn helps) and currently has a 2.91 ERA, which would be 6th in the South Atlantic League if the right-hander was qualified and had logged more than in 46.1 innings at present.

The 6’1”, 215-pound right-hander throws from a high-three-quarters arm slot. Historically, he has had problems maintaining consistency in his mechanics and delivery that have had a negative impact on his control and command, but none of his past injuries have been due to problematic ergonomics.

Like many other players drafted in the 2024 MLB Draft by the organization, Girton possesses a low-to-mid-90s fastball that has average-to-above-average induced vertical break numbers and a mid-80s sweeping slider. In addition to the movement- both real and illusory- both pitches have, they also tunnel well with each other. The right-hander also keeps a firm mid-80s changeup in his arsenal, but rarely uses the pitch.

Players of the Week 2025

Week One/Two (March 28-April 6): Joey Meneses/Zach Thornton

Week Three (April 8-April 13): A.J. Ewing/Zach Thornton

Week Four (April 15-April 20): A.J. Ewing/Zach Thornton

Week Five (April 22-April 27): Jon Singleton/Jonah Tong

Week Six (April 29-May 5): Jacob Reimer: Felipe De La Cruz

Week Seven (May 6-May 11): Ryan Clifford/Jonah Tong

Week Eight (May 13-May 18): A.J. Ewing/Jonah Tong

Week Nine (May 20-May 25): Jesus Baez/Zach Thornton

Week Ten (May 27-June 1): Colin Houck/Wellington Aracena

Week Eleven (June 3-June 8): D’Andre Smith/Jonah Tong