The ink wasn’t even dry on the Brandon Nimmo trade before the logical next question started buzzing around New York.

If the Mets just acquired Marcus Semien to lock down second base, surely Jeff McNeil was packing his bags next, right? It felt like the inevitable second domino in a roster purge. You trade the expensive outfielder, you bring in the expensive infielder, and you ship out the redundant veteran to balance the books. That is how Baseball GM 101 usually works.

But David Stearns isn’t playing by the standard textbook.

Despite the rumors and the armchair GM proposals shipping McNeil out of town for a bag of baseballs, the President of Baseball Operations made it clear that the Flying Squirrel isn’t going anywhere. And honestly? He shouldn’t.

The Value of the Swiss Army Knife

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