How quickly we forget, just a few seasons ago, the New York Mets had come to terms with an amateur free agent who was lauded as a five-tool player. Compared to George Springer and Byron Buxton, Simon Juan was a 16-year-old kid on a bullet train to Citi Field.
Four seasons later, he has become an afterthought in the system. While gifted as anyone who can play professional baseball is, we haven’t seen much growth at all in terms of ability. A combined .232/.305/.356 slash line in the lower minor leagues with his 2024 performance uplifting those totals most, Juan is becoming a quickly forgotten Mets prospect.