Brandon Nimmo will no longer play for the New York Mets after being traded to the Rangers, but because he held a no-trade clause, the decision wasn’t an easy one. According to multiple reports, it took him several days to accept that he would be leaving the organization he’d spent 10 years with.

One of the first reports on how difficult the situation was for Nimmo came from Mike Puma: “The Mets approached Nimmo on Friday asking him to waive his no-trade. He spent the next day or so considering it, including a chat with Jacob deGrom, before giving his OK,” he wrote on X.

It’s still unknown what Nimmo discussed with deGrom, and perhaps that information will surface later. But it’s clear that learning about the trade wasn’t something he could process quickly, especially after posting strong

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