Unstoppable NY Mets prospect is hitting like he wants to be an answer on the infield

It was a lost season in 2024 for more than Drew Gilbert and Jett Williams. The two high-profile position players trending toward a sip of big league coffee in 2025 suffered lengthy injuries that derailed their paths. They weren’t alone in the New York Mets system. A little further down the pipeline, Jacob Reimer was limited to only 25 games and 95 plate appearances.

Like his brethren, Reimer suffered performance-wise. He didn’t hit a single home run and slashed just .218/.358/.282 in his time split between St. Lucie and Brooklyn.

The right-handed hitting third baseman has put aside those injury woes. He’s obliterating baseballs in Brooklyn, now batting .341/.433/.652 with 15 doubles, 3 triples, and 7 home runs with 30 RBI in his first 157 plate appearances.

Is Jacob Reimer the future Mets third baseman?

Third base has been a headache for the Mets many times over. In the Howard Johnson days, it was his defense that held him back. It wasn’t until David Wright that the team had stability at the hot corner. Nothing has changed in today’s Mets Land with Mark Vientos and Brett Baty each trying to prove themselves, the former defensively and the latter at the plate more so.

We’re a few years away from Reimer making it to the majors, but he’s clearly in the running to take someone’s job as long as his progress doesn’t stall out. He was an atrocious defensive player in years past with fielding percentages under .900—not that it tells the whole story. This year, however, Reimer has managed to avoid an abundance of errors. He made 17 total in 149 chances back in 2023. In 2025, he made a single error in 47 chances for a fielding percentage of .979.

In the past, the Mets experimented with Reimer in left field and have given him a few chances at first base on a semi-regular basis, including this season. A threat at the plate and reliable in the field will make Reimer someone who can make a strong case in the future to contend for the third base job.

Originally drafted in the fourth round in 2022, the 21-year-old is one of several Mets prospects putting an exclamation point on their future. This was the same draft the Mets stole Jonah Tong in the seventh round. Their 11th and 12th round picks, Rhylan Thomas and Paul Gervase, were turned into 2024 trade deadline pieces for Ryne Stanek and Tyler Zuber. One round earlier from their choice of Reimer, an unsigned Brandon Sproat was taken. He’d, of course, agree to come to the Mets the following year when they took him again.

Reimer isn’t the last of the notable third base prospects in the system. Jesus Baez, while playing mostly shortstop, is considered direct competition for Reimer. Also with Brooklyn at the moment, he has only a .642 OPS in the early going.

A scorching May that has included a .380/.508/.640 performance at the plate in 63 plate appearances should have Reimer headed upward to Double-A sooner rather than later.