Fans are still scratching their heads over why the Mets dealt Brandon Nimmo for Marcus Semien, especially with all the chatter about Nimmo supposedly being unhappy over Francisco Lindor getting the captaincy. And guess what, the rumor mill wasted no time cranking up. And the latest theory has taken a surprisingly political twist…

An X post claiming a political motive behind Nimmo’s departure suddenly went viral, and the baseball world jumped all over it… Without bothering to check whether any of it was actually true.

“Former Mets outfielder, Brandon Nimmo, requested a trade from New York when Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral election. Last night, the Mets obliged Nimmo’s request.” A X post got shared by the name Mark Gooden.

With everyone already arguing about the New York mayoral race an

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