The Mets are hoping Brandon Nimmo will be an important piece to their future.
Many Mets fans were troubled, and even outraged by the club’s controversial decision to move defending National League Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey to Toronto. What the trade really did was outline General Manager Sandy Alderson’s long-term plan for the organization. And news flash folks, it’s a pretty good one.
Entering this offseason the only area of strength Alderson had to trade from was his starting pitching, and he almost had to move either Dickey or left-hander Jon Niese to capitalize on one of them after both delivered career years in 2012. The decision to retain Niese and sell high on Dickey was not popular, but it was prudent.
In Niese, the Mets have a 26-year old southpaw under team control until 2018, who’s improved steadily since debuting in ’08, and is coming off a season that watched him win 13 games and turn in a 1.17 WHIP. Alderson has identified Niese as the arm he wants to lead his young...
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PLAYERS:
Brandon Nimmo,
RA Dickey,
Sandy Alderson,
Jonathon Niese,
Matt Harvey,
Zack Wheeler,
Carlos Beltran,
Dillon Gee,
David Wright,
Ike Davis,
Ruben Tejada,
Daniel Murphy,
Josh Edgin,
Jeurys Familia,
Jenrry Mejia,
Johan Santana,
Frank Francisco,
Jason Bay,
Jacoby Ellsbury,
Hunter Pence,
Curtis Granderson
TEAMS: New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays, St. Louis Cardinals, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees
TEAMS: New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays, St. Louis Cardinals, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees
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