Far too often during the 2025 season, trying to guess the lineup for half of the New York Mets infield has sounded painfully like an Abbott and Costello routine.
The entire baseball world could easily predict who’s on first (Pete Alonso), as well as at shortstop (Francisco Lindor), but the other two spots have mostly featured a frustrating mix of “what” and “I don’t know,” with perhaps an unhealthy dash of “I don’t care” as well. While Alonso and Lindor are both on pace to top 150 games played at their respective positions, second base and third base have been a revolving door of players including Brett Baty, Ronny Mauricio, Luisangel Acuña, Mark Vientos and Jeff McNeil.
Oh, there have been some positive stretches, like Baty’s surge after the All-Star break, or Vientos’ current hot streak. But overall, too many downs and not enough ups have made it an uneasy roller coaster ride for the Mets and their fans.
But while the cavalry likely won’t arrive in time to impact the 2025 season, help could be arriving in the not-too-distant future.
Mets Prospects A.J. Ewing & Jacob Reimer Named to MLB.com All-Breakout Team
Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline recently released his annual All-Breakout Team, featuring minor leaguers who were not listed among their organization’s top 10 prospects at the start of the season, but have seen their stars rise ever since. Two of his selections are currently turning heads for the Mets’ Double-A team at Binghamton: second baseman A.J. Ewing and third baseman Jacob Reimer.
The 21-year-old Ewing, who was unranked at the end of 2024, didn’t start the season in Double-A — far from it. Selected with the compensation pick (fourth round) in the 2023 draft that the Mets received for the loss of free agent Jacob deGrom, Ewing opened this season with 19 games at Single-A St. Lucie, where he hit a scorching .400 with a 1.121 OPS. He spent the middle portion of the season at High-A Brooklyn, where he stole 44 bases in 78 games, and by August 11 found himself suiting up for Double-A Binghamton.
Through that multi-level race, he has slashed an eye-popping .318/.405/.430 with an .835 OPS and 69 stolen bases in 119 games, drawing headlines for his impressive bat-to-baseball skills and nearly Hawkeye-level speed. And there has been no slowdown at Double-A, where Ewing is batting .356 and recently snapped a 14-game hitting streak, with multiple hits in 10 of those 14 games.
The New York Post aptly dubbed him “the speedster tearing through the minors,” noting he’s made vast improvements in baserunning, cutting his throw-out rate to about 14% success rate. Ewing’s grown into an all-around weapon: contact, discipline, range, versatility, and jet boots to boot.
Reimer, also 21, and a fourth-round pick in the 2022 draft, followed a similarly meteoric but differently styled flight. He opened 2025 as the Mets’ No. 15 prospect with High-A Brooklyn, where he grabbed attention with a three-homer game that landed him on MLB Network’s Intentional Talk. That slug display was no fluke — Reimer ripped his way to a promotion to Double-A by June 23.
The results scaled up, too. Over 2025 across all MiLB levels, Reimer has logged 17 home runs, 76 RBIs, 15 steals, paired with a .281 average and .877 OPS. At Double-A alone, his power has roared, with nine home runs in 56 games.
Reimer’s been red-hot on the week-to-week stage, too. He earned Player of the Week honors in the Mets system for two consecutive weeks in late August, one stretch batting .455/.520/.773, the next at a blistering .471/.571/1.059 — complete with two homers, a triple, and two doubles over five games. Over the summer, he also shaved his strikeout rate from ~25% down to a much leaner 17.2%, mirroring his High-A efficiency.
A.J. Ewing & Jacob Reimer Could End Mets’ Constant Infield Shuffling
Put it all together and you’ve got not just two prospect names, but two rapid ascenders, each cruising on different thrusts: one with speed and contact, the other with power and plate authority. Ewing, now the No. 7 ranked prospect, boasts a blend of dash and discipline could elevate the top of the lineup. Reimer, ranked No. 6, adds thump and consistency with solid defense at the hot corner.
It’s anybody’s guess as to win they will arrive in New York, and their spot in the lineup is subject to change as well. Ewing has actually played most of his games in center field this season, while Reimer could end up playing at first base.
But when that day comes, it should not come as a shock to anyone if they both become stabilizing forces on the field.
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