Outfielder Brandon Nimmo has repeatedly been talked about as a possible New York Mets workforce captain since he and the membership agreed to an eight-year contract reportedly price $162M in December 2022.
Throughout SNY’s broadcast of New York’s 2-0 win over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday evening, former Mets captain and beloved membership icon David Wright spoke extremely of what Nimmo has provided the workforce throughout its resurgence this season.
“I’ll say, ‘You see Brandon Nimmo, that’s the method it is best to play the sport and that’s the method it is best to go about your enterprise,’ so I can’t say sufficient good issues,” Wright stated about conversations he is had together with his youngsters, as shared by Joey Chandler of NJ Advance Media for NJ.com.
Nimmo and shortstop Francisco Lindor have been credited for beginning the Mets’ new custom of getting workforce dinners on street journeys that seemingly helped save what appeared in early June to be a misplaced season for the group. Whereas the Mets ended June 2 at 24-35, the membership entered Wednesday’s MLB motion at 57-50 and in possession of a wild-card playoff berth.
Earlier this month, Nimmo brazenly challenged Mets proprietor Steve Cohen and president of baseball operations David Stearns to make “additions” forward of this previous Tuesday’s MLB commerce deadline. Stearns obliged with out sacrificing his long-term plans of constructing for a future past 2024.
“It’s actually enjoyable to see how he has advanced as a participant, but in addition a frontrunner and a teammate,” Wright stated about Nimmo. “I can’t say sufficient good issues about Brandon. He’s certainly one of my favourite gamers that I performed with and certainly one of my favourite gamers now to observe.”
Just like Nimmo, Wright was a one-club MLB man and featured just for the Mets from 2004 by the 2018 season. He is aware of lots about having a particular connection to the workforce that’s seeking to stay one of many constructive surprises of the 2024 marketing campaign.
“As I become older, I really feel like I’m getting extra sentimental and emotional each time I stroll into this place,” Wright stated about Citi Area. “The reception, the response. It makes me really feel so nice and love the actual fact I used to be a lifelong Met.”
As of Wednesday afternoon, DraftKings Sportsbook had the Mets at -115 betting odds to make the playoffs this fall. Nimmo serving to the workforce earn a postseason berth may go a great distance in figuring out if the Mets identify Wright’s successor as captain earlier than February 2025.
