ANGRY MIKE SYNDICATE: "JETT FORCE ONE"

ANGRY MIKE

ANGRY MIKE SYNDICATE

 “Man, if you were 6-2, you’d be a top-five draft pick.”

One of the trickiest balancing acts young athletes must master is to utilize scouting reports to help build confidence as they pursue the long, arduous journey to one day become a professional athlete. The other side to that is to embrace the dreaded “red flags”, by preventing them from defining you, and more importantly, using them as fuel for your transformation...

 

Despite possessing a full array elite skills that were comparable to the other top draft prospects in the country, Jett Williams was often told his height limited his future power projection as is assumed with taller prospects.

 

During pre-draft interviews in 2022, Williams’ father, Rich Williams, recalled a scout telling Jett directly: “Man, if you were 6-2, you’d be a top-five draft pick.”  This comment highlighted the bias against smaller players in baseball scouting.

 

Williams’ scouting reports consistently praised his athleticism, speed (70-grade), hit tool (60-grade), and defensive versatility, with a 55-grade power rating that surprised evaluators given his frame.

 

Williams’ response was to embrace the skepticism, developing a “chip on his shoulder” that drove his work ethic, as noted by Texas-based scout Gary Brown, who described him as “not a little guy” despite his height, emphasizing his strength and impact. Scouts like Brown, who recommended Williams to the Mets, highlighted his “electric, toolsy” nature, noting his plus bat speed, ability to track spin, and versatility at shortstop and center field.

 

After the Mets drafted Williams with the 14th overall pick, rather than letting criticism about his height shake his confidence, he used it to fuel his transformation into one of the best prospects in the country in his first season. 

He flashed all 5 tools, defensive versatility to play multiple positions, and the high impact talent that facilitated Williams’ finishing his season with a debut in the AA Eastern League as a teenager. A feat which has only been accomplished by a handful of prospects in franchise history!

 

Williams also skyrocketed up “Top 100 Prospect Rankings”, reaching as high as twenty-one in one ranking, again being limited because of his height. Unfortunately, injuries forced Williams to miss the majority of the 2024 season, but he rebounded to have a spectacular 2025 season, capped off by his recent promotion to AAA Syracuse. 

 

The debate is now raging both among prospect experts and within the Mets’ fandom, who is the better prospect? 

 

Jett Williams or Carson Benge? 

 

Many have begun to hitch their wagon to Benge, because of his quick rise through the minors, citing Benge to have superior future projection because of his 6’1 build and elite defensive traits as a center fielder. 

 

Sound familiar? 

 

Personally, as much as I love Benge as a prospect, I still believe Williams is the superior prospect, because he possesses the same skill set as Benge, but achieved a similar rate of progression through the minors as a teenager, a full 2 years younger than Benge. 

Williams also possesses the rare ability to provide defensive versatility for all 3 “up-the-middle” defensive positions, including shortstop, second base, or as a center fielder. Benge might develop into a bigger power threat, but Williams isn’t that far off. What separates the two, is Williams’ ability to steal over forty bases each season, something the Mets lineup sorely needs. 

 

It’s a great problem to have and the debate will continue to rage throughout their careers. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter who is ranked higher, as the Mets have an incredible opportunity to infuse two electric talents into their everyday lineup as early as the 2026 season. Who is ranked higher isn’t nearly as important as taking the time to thank the teams obsessed with antiquated scouting methods that led to them undervaluing Williams’ potential and passing on him during the draft. 

If it wasn’t for their refusal to accept the fact that elite caliber players come in all sizes, Mets would have never had the opportunity to draft a potential difference-maker with the fourteenth overall selection. 

 

The Brewers have the best record in baseball, and are pounding teams left and right, and they only have 3 position players who are over six feet tall. They do not make mistakes when it comes to evaluating players based on their height, and it is refreshing to see the Mets are another franchise committed to forecasting a player’s potential using everything at their disposal, rather than casting dispersions on a player’s ability because some scouts believed he’s too short. 

 

So, from Mets fans near and far, thank you for passing Williams!

 

Good luck when you face off against Williams, because this kid plays with a level of energy rarely seen in a player and looks to have the mentality of “being out for blood” every time he takes the field. 

 

Mets have recently developed a pattern of drafting players that have a “chip on their shoulder”, almost as if to create a situation the scenario of, “we’d like to draft you, if you are willing to put in the work to prove these critics wrong…”

 

That’s why Jett Williams is a member of the Angry Mike Syndicate…

 

Aka

 

“JETT FORCE ONE”