ANGRY MIKE
Jacob Reimer had a spectacular 2025 season, first and foremost\, it was great to see him start the season healthy and show zero ill-effects from the injuries that cost him almost the entire 2024 season. Reimer split the 2025 season, first 61 games at Brooklyn and the last 61 games with Binghamton. As impressive as his start in Brooklyn was, Reimer really turned heads with the way he finished his season at Binghamton.
After JETT, Benge, and Clifford were promoted to Syracuse for the last 30+ games of the season, Reimer went on an epic tear that lasted for the remainder of the season. It’s a great sign to see young hitters make adjustments after starting a new level with mixed results, and then finish the season strong. Reimer still had some quality hitters in the lineup around him like Nick Morabito and Chris Suero, but he became the primary threat, and it was great to see him embrace the challenge.
Reimer is a member of the stellar 2022 Draft class, taken in the 4th round, signing for above slot, and immediately proving he was a great investment by producing above average in his first full-season (2023). The primary knock on Reimer prior to the 2022 Draft, was some reports questioning whether his above average raw power would translate into game power. The bat-to-bat skills were always considered “plus”, which were on full display during the 2023 season, but in 2025, the Mets got to see a glimpse of his “plus” power potential as well.
The pinnacle of his power output was a 3-homer game at Brooklyn, finishing with a career high 17 homers for the year, more than doubling his 8 homers in 2023. He finished 2025 with 54 XBH, almost double what his career total was in the previous 3 seasons, adding 32 doubles and 5 triples, ranking second to Jett Williams for both doubles and XBH among all Mets prospects. Reimer’s .870 OPS was first among all Mets prospects in full-season, higher than JETT, Benge, and even Clifford, who have received considerably more hype throughout their minor league careers.
If you compare Reimer’s AA stats with the numbers produced by Tigers top prospect, Kevin McGonigle, the #2 overall ranked prospect in the MLB, you’ll see a lot of similarities in their production, as well as Reimer out-producing him in several key categories. Reimer is a great example of why Mets fans should take Top 100 rankings with a grain of salt; it’s fun to see our guys ranked highly on “Main Street”, but for them to ignore the achievements of guys like Reimer, Ewing, Santucci, Thornton, and Pena, indicates the rankings are still highly subjective and quite flawed.
2025 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Reimer & Elian Pena only recent Mets prospect -> 3-Homer games
54 XBH -> ranked 2nd behind Jett Williams in the Mets farm system
32 Doubles ranked 2nd behind Jett Williams in the Mets farm system
.870 OPS -> higher than Jett Williams and Carson Benge
-> JETT & Benge were both ranked as Top 30 prospects (Top 100)
Breakout season at age of 21 places development ahead of schedule
-> puts him on trajectory to be MLB ready during his age 22 season
Monster production in August ->| .345 BA | | .434 OBP |
-> | 5 HR | | 8 doubles | | 29 Runs | | 19 RBI |
Started AA batting <-> 23 for 96 | .239 BA |
-> finished AA stint batting <-> | .311 | over his final 119 AB
Above average BB-rate versus tougher pitching -> 58 BB | 12% BB-Rate
-> << 2023: 16% BB-Rate >>
22% K-rate above average despite missing a full year of development
2nd in OBP in the system -> | .379 | -> 2nd to Benge | .385 |
Equally potent against LHP & RHB & produced solid RISP numbers
2026 OUTLOOK
Prior to JETT’s power output, Reimer was the on track to be the only player in the Mets system that had accrued 15+ homers, 15 stolen bases, and 30+ doubles. It’s remarkable how a breakout season like he had doesn’t cement his place on the Top 100 ranks, based on his age and the fact he accomplished all of this coming off of a lost year of development. Reimer was able to make a seamless return from his lost 2024 season, and enough can’t be said about how was able to make the necessary adjustments to prevent prolonged dips in his production.
It’s not always about the kind of numbers a prospect finishes with in a season, teams covet players who show the ability to bounce back when hitting streaks cool off. The fact Reimer was able to show that type of ability against advanced competition across two different levels in the same season has convinced many that he is another legit high-impact bat quickly advancing through the Mets system.
Reimer should begin 2026 at Syracuse, as part of the greatest concentration of high-impact prospects the Mets will have playing for the same affiliate. Reimer offers the potential for an explosive bat who can produce above average batting averages, growing homer potential, and plus OBP’s.
Reimer offers the Mets considerable insurance in the event Vientos or Baty fail to continue progressing in their development, and his defensive versatility to fill in at LF, 1B, 3B also increases the overall value of his prospect profile. Reimer represents one of the best success stories for our development team, and has helped to more than make up for the slower development of a couple of early round draft picks that are taking longer to develop.
20 comments:
Also quite excited about Reimer. Hopefully he is working really hard at defense at 3rd…and first. Remember, too, that Brooklyn and Binghamton are not hitter-friendly.
I wish the Syracuse Mets could play home games thru at least mid-April down south, and not have to start these guys out playing in a Frigidaire. That also depresses stats.
Hopefully, he's not trade bait.
1. I gotta see the D before I sign in
2. Not enough pop for future DH
3. On my team? UT
Mike, what do you think of Reimer vs. JD Davis? Will Reimer be closer to a JD Davis career-wise than to a David Wright?
Maybe JD Vance
Second string
Cuse in April is insane!
Apparently he showed improvement at 3B last season, but they also liked what he did in LF too. But as he gets older and stronger, I think we are looking at 1B being his primary home.
I see him in between Austin Riley and Yandy Diaz - he put up better numbers than Kevin McGonigle #2 overall ranked prospect on the Top 100 at the same age in AA. He outperformed #5 Weatherholt at AA - and Reimer was 2 years younger, and Weatherholt is a college bat.
That is also after he missed an entire year of development. They had him implement the same mechanical tweaks as Benge to unlock his power, better launch angles, aerial pull rates, trying not to meet the ball as early, and waiting for it to travel deeper in the zone. His ability to quickly implement those adjustments and also adapt to AA pitching was what impressed me most.
His best stretch of the season was towards the end -> when he became the main guy at Binghamton -> they promoted Jett, Benge, and Cliffford all at once and Reimer and Ewing just flat out raked, it was pretty incredible. That to me speaks volumes, to be able to do something like that, rather than be that Teoscar Hernandez type who just puts up numbers in a stacked lineup.
I think some of the guys they have at the lower levels are the ones they'll try to use first -> like Mitch Voit , Antonio Jiminez -> guys with really loud tools, 5-tool skillset, and defensive versatility. Guys like Ewing and Reimer seem to be still re-writing what their future potential ceiling might be, so we might be safe from him being included.
TB is the team that worries me most -> they are Shifty - they always skip over guys, straight to the ones we don't wanna trade. If we enter the bidding for Shane McClanahan -> I guarantee it'll be a package that includes Reimer. b/c he can take over for Yandy Diaz right away and profiles as the same type of hitter w/ higher OBP.
Mike, very favorable comps. Thanks.
In Moneyball, Brad Pitt wanted to replace Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon, and one there guy. So, they signed players that could combine for numbers - just like I mentioned yesterday about combining Yaz and Andujar at DH to get Tucker numbers without the Tucker contract. If Alonso leaves and Clifford, Reimer, Vientos and Baty, could rotate the DH, 1B and 3B positions and hit 22-25 homeruns each, that’s around 30 homeruns from each spot. Throw in Mauricio as a utility guy or second baseman, Alvarez behind the plate, and Benge in LF, ans all that offense along with Soto’s and Lindor’s will take pressure off of Ewing, Morabito or Williams in CF to just steal bases and not worry about power.
He had impressive hitting numbers for sure. This is still at the AA level so he is yet to see extraordinary pitching - can he adjust to that? Unfortunately, my eye test says that he will be a defensive liability. Destined for the DH unless there are considerable improvements. Is that promotable?
Love this kid. If Pete doesn’t sign, my money is on him for 1B in 2027. Maybe regardless & Pete to primary DH.
Reimer is definitely a hitter. And 17 HR at 21 hints at plus power in addition to the hit tool. It’ll be interesting to see if he can become playable defensively. At this point, I’m not sure he is yet. Vientos hasn’t gotten there, and I’m pretty sure they’re going to trade him this offseason. Hard to bring a kid up as a DH-only, especially on a team that will have Soto (who definitely needs to start seeing DH time) and possibly Alonso.
Gus, speed reminds me of the 1985 Cardinals if they all come up and play a lot.
Where did he play? In pitchers’ parks.
Anda lot cheaper than Pete.
Very true, Tom. All the reports on his hitting are of an extremely high ceiling. I do hope he becomes playable defensively somewhere.
Well just have to wait and see -> but he’s trending in the right direction
Very true -> we’ll definitely learn a lot more in 2026.
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