The Mets have completed a deal with the Texas Rangers to swap Brandon Nimmo for Marcus Semien. Nimmo has waived his no-trade clause and accepted the trade.

Nimmo was the longest tenured Met on the current roster. A first round pick in 2011, he debuted in 2016 and has racked up nearly 4,400 PA and more than 1,000 games over the past decade with the major league squad. Billy Eppler signed Nimmo to an 8-year, $162M deal in the 2022-23 offseason, a deal largely predicated on Nimmo’s ability to continue playing center for a few more years while maintaining an OBP-heavy offensive output 20-30% better than league average. Unfortunately, things haven’t worked out on either side of the ball, with Nimmo turning into a poor left fielder with a much less impressive batting line. That made his contrac

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