Jett Williams

Jett Michael Williams

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 6", Weight 175 lb.
• High School Rockwall-Heath High School

• Born November 3, 2003 in Dallas, TX USA

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Biographical Information

Diminutive shortstop Jett Williams, who is listed at only 5' 6", was nevertheless selected by the New York Mets with the 14th overall pick of the 2022 amateur draft, out of a high school in Texas. He was the shortest player to ever be selected in the 1st round of the amateur draft. He was the Mets' second first-round selection that year, taken with their regular pick, after they had selected college catcher Kevin Parada 11th overall with a pick received as compensation for their failure to sign Kumar Rocker the year before.

He made his pro debut with the FCL Mets the year he was drafted, going 8 for 32 (.250) in 10 games. In 2023, he was with three different teams, starting off with the St. Lucie Mets of the Florida State League for 79 games, and then moving on to the Brooklyn Cyclones of the South Atlantic League for 36 games, and the Binghamton Rumble Ponies of the Eastern League for another 6. As a result, he was in AA at age 19. His combined slash line was .263/.425/.451 in 121 games, with 81 runs, 13 homers and 55 RBIs. He was named a Mets organizational All-Star after the season.

In 2024, he was limited to 33 games by a wrist injury he suffered in April and which required surgery, but still managed to make it to AAA, going 8 for 22 (.364) in 6 games for the Syracuse Mets. He also played in St. Lucie and Binghamton, but overall batted just .215 with no homers and 4 RBIs. After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League with the Scottsdale Scorpions. In 2025, he started the season with Binghamton, playing 96 games there, then moved to Syracuse for another 34 games. In the 130 games total, he batted .261/.363/.465, with 91 runs, 34 doubles, 17 homers and 52 RBIs. Defensively, he was used at shortstop, second base and center field. While he did not get to make his big league debut that season, it was clear that he was ready to do so. After the season, he was named the top MLB prospect in the Eastern League.

His debut would have to come for a team other than the Mets, however, as on January 21, 2026, he was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers along with another top prospect, P Brandon Sproat, in return for two very good major league pitchers, ace Freddy Peralta and Tobias Myers. As good as the two players acquired by Milwaukee potentially were, the trade looked lopsided on paper.