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They have the fourth-worst record in baseball over that stretch, going from 5.5 games up on the Phillies in the NL East to 5 games back and just one game up on the Reds for
https://www.justbaseball.com/mlb/top-free-agent-starting-pitchers/
Potential Ace
Framber Valdez, Houston Astros
Age in 2026: 32
2025 Stats: 23 GS, 145.2 IP, 2.97 ERA, 2.97 FIP, 1.16 WHIP, 8.96 K/9
2025 Salary: $18 million
Dylan Cease, San Diego Padres
Age in 2026: 30
2025 Stats: 24 GS, 129.1 IP, 4.52 ERA, 3.43 FIP, 1.28 WHIP, 11.76 K/9
2025 Salary: $13.75 million
Michael King, San Diego Padres
Age in 2026: 31
2025 Stats: 11 GS, 57.2 IP, 2.81 ERA, 3.30 FIP, 1.09 WHIP, 10.14 K/9
2025 Salary: $15 million mutual option, $3.75 million buyout
Shane Bieber, Toronto Blue Jays
Age in 2026: 31
2025 Stats: N/A
2025 Salary: $16 million player option
Brandon Woodruff, Milwaukee Brewers
Age in 2026: 33
2025 Stats: 6 GS, 35.1 IP, 2.29 ERA, 3.73 FIP, 0.65 WHIP, 11.46 K/9
2025 Salary: $20 million mutual option, $10 million buyout
Zac Gallen, Arizona Diamondbacks
Age in 2026: 30
2025 Stats: 24 GS, 139 IP, 5.31 ERA, 4.56 FIP, 1.35 WHIP, 8.42 K/9
2025 Salary: $13.5 million
Just Baseball – Updated Top 100 Prospects – 7-29
https://www.justbaseball.com/prospects/top-100-mlb-prospects/#entry-112912
28. Jett Williams – SS – New York Mets
Height/Weight: 5’8″, 180 | Bat/Throw: R/R | 1st Round (14) – 2022 (NYM) | ETA: 2025
HIT Plate Disc. GAME POWER RUN FIELD FV
45/50 70/70 45/50 65/65 45/50 55
Compact but explosive, Williams is a great athlete with more impact than his frame would suggest. His polish at the plate helped him fly through the minor leagues, reaching Double-A in his age-19 season in 2023, before having most of his 2024 wiped out by wrist surgery. He has returned to mashing at Double-A in 2025.
Offense
A relaxed, narrow setup, Williams uses a decent-sized leg kick to gather into his back hip, but controls his lower half well. Despite his smaller frame, Williams is strong with a powerful lower-half, using the ground well to create power.
Between his lower half control and minimal movement with his hand load, Williams is consistently on time and leverages his small strike zone well. One of the more patient hitters in Minor League Baseball, Williams has chased less than 15% of pitches as a pro, walking at an 18% clip.
Producing average exit velocities, Williams consistently drives the ball in the air consistently with good carry to the pull side, giving him a chance to hit for close to average game power.
The contact rates may be closer to average, but his hit tool is bolstered by what could be double plus plate discipline. Even if the home run total is closer to 10, he Williams’ ability to hit the ball decently hard in the air to all fields paired with his speed should make him a candidate to accumulate plenty of extra base hits.
Defense/Speed
Williams has slowed down some since being drafted, putting on some weight ahead of the 2024 season. It more effected is ability to get to his top speed than footwork at shortstop, which actually looked improved.
He works low to the ball with good hands and an above average arm that is capable of making throws from different angles. While he can make the tough throws, he has the tendency to sail a few too many relatively routine throws, especially when he sits back on the ball.
With the improved footwork and actions, Williams looks like he can be an average shortstop.
With how quickly Williams has climbed through the minors and the presence of Francisco Lindor at the highest level, the Mets have mixed in center field reps where he relies on his natural athleticism to get by, but has the closing speed and arm to be solid out there and has flashed the ability to track the ball well.
Williams has the fallback of second base where he should be an above-average defender as well. Aggressive on the bases, Williams swiped 45 bags on 52 tries in the 2023 season.
Outlook
While the 2024 season was mostly a lost one for Williams, he is still ahead of schedule as he gets set for his age-21 season. With Williams’ added weight in 2024 not necessarily being completely useful gains, he could benefit from getting closer to his 2023 game shape given how important speed is to his game.
Elite on base skills amplify an offensive profile that will likely feature average hit and average-at-best power. Williams and Termarr Johnson became the first teenagers since 2005 to walk 100 times in a Minor League season in 2023.
The defensive side of things will be important to monitor in 2025 as Williams is clearly capable of providing versatility, but if he can take a step forward with more consistent reps in center field, he becomes significantly more valuable. Williams has the floor of a quality utility piece but has the offensive upside and speed to be an above-average regular.
The 10 biggest breakouts on the new Top 100 Prospects list
Carson Benge, OF, Mets (No. 20)
Benge snuck onto the Top 100 in a rare March move related to injury and spent the next few months asserting himself with authority, courtesy of one of the best offensive seasons in the Minors this year. The 22-year-old really turned it on after a midseason promotion to Double-A Binghamton, where he homered eight times in 32 games (double his homer output at High-A in almost half the games) to earn another promotion to Triple-A Syracuse. All told, the '24 first-rounder was hitting .308/.413/.513 with 12 homers and 19 steals across three levels during his first full pro season at the time of the re-rank.
Outside Mets’ Citi Field, fans pay to pose with a dressed-up dog; some say it’s animal abuse
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6549106/2025/08/13/mets-dog-citi-field-animal-abuse-questions/
The 4-year-old Sushi has a Mets jersey of her own, along with a cowboy hat, bandana and pipe. Sunglasses are festooned upon the dog’s face, multiple collars sit around her neck and her actions are almost robotic. She doesn’t pant, and like the pipe in her mouth, she hardly moves for hours at a time.
She’s trained to take pictures and shake hands, but only if money first goes in the jar sitting in front of her.
The dog does not have immediate access to water or food. The pipe stays in her mouth, unmoving, even during hot summer afternoons. Her routine is broken only when Fernandez moves the mat, or pours water on her back.
“Dogs don’t just sit still, especially in the hot sun with no shade, no water, no food,” said Belkis Cardona-Rivera, who works in the pet industry and started the aforementioned Facebook group, which now has more than six thousand followers. “This is animal cruelty. This is not normal. For me, that’s not cute at all. That’s not normal dog behavior.”
6 comments:
Great breakdown on Jett, any chance he gets a call up this September?
Yes, especially if he keeps hitting like he is doing at the AAA level
Alvarez
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Would you rather we sign another SP or start filling our rotation spots with our young guns who’ll be ready?
Go young guns
would love a salary reset... Manea / Senga they should be looked to be traded
especially if we can find a deal with a King or Cease on a low prove it contract.
the kids need to be 4 out of 5 slots SP in 2/3 years
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