As football season ends, baseball quietly reclaims attention, shifting focus toward camps, depth charts, and opportunities created almost overnight.
For Mets fans, spring always brings familiarity, uncertainty, and the realization that roster paths can change without warning.
Across the league, those shifts are already underway before exhibition games even begin.
A six-player trade between Boston and Milwaukee triggered one of those sudden domino effects.
Caleb Durbin’s departure from the Brewers instantly reshaped their infield alignment.
Milwaukee responded by sliding Joey Ortiz to third base, leaving shortstop unexpectedly open.
That opening now belongs, at least on paper, to former Mets prospect Jett Williams.
FanGraphs currently projects Williams as the Brewers’ Opening Day shortstop heading into camp.
Only months ago, Williams was viewed as secondary value in the Freddy Peralta trade.
Now, circumstance has placed him directly into a high-visibility role.
Trades rarely affect only one roster spot, and this one created a chain reaction.
Williams enters camp not guaranteed anything, but positioned ahead of the pack.
That positioning mirrors a situation Mets fans know well.
When New York traded Brandon Nimmo, Carson Benge suddenly found a clearer path to playing time.
Opportunity did not guarantee success, but it provided a stage.
Williams now stands in a similar spotlight.
Spring training will determine whether projection becomes reality.
Strong early impressions could lock him into everyday consideration.
Struggles could just as easily send him back into competition.
For Milwaukee, the risk is minimal and the upside intriguing.
For Williams, timing has finally aligned.
Baseball careers often hinge less on talent alone than on moments like this.
A single trade opened a lane that did not exist days ago.
Now, spring offers Williams the same question it offers every player in his position.
Will he simply pass through, or make the role his own?
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