When I started thinking about a title for this season preview (easily the least fun part of writing these things), all the usual aviation related puns came to mind. Headlines like “This Jett is ready for takeoff” or “Jett about to take flight” are incredibly obvious, wildly overplayed, and also invoke less-than-ideal analogies given recent mishaps in American air travel. More important than any of that, however, is that Jett Williams has already taken that first leap, has completed takeoff so to say. In his first full professional season, he went from a mid first-round righty prep bat, doubted by many due to his small stature, to a top-25 prospect in the game, one who walked 100 times in affiliated baseball and reached Double-A before turning 20.
You should be excited about Jett Williams
