Mets' Brandon Nimmo dealt with insomnia amid fire sale

New York Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo lost more than a handful of teammates during the club's recent fire sale.  

Per Mike Puma of the New York Post, Nimmo revealed that he dealt with insomnia after the Mets acquired prospects and began planning for the future via trades that saw closer David Robertson and starting pitcher Max Scherzer leave the club. The 30-year-old added he felt better following a conversation with general manager Billy Eppler that occurred over the weekend. 

"It was just a lot of anxiety," Nimmo said of his emotions at the time. "I was just stressed out about, 'OK, what does that mean for next year?' I was trying to get a grasp on everything."

Nimmo signed an eight-year contract reportedly worth $162M to stay with the Mets this past December and likely isn't going anywhere anytime soon. 

Eppler initially insisted after Scherzer waived his no-trade clause to join the Texas Rangers that the Mets weren't in a full rebuild and instead were "repurposing" the investment of owner Steve Cohen. That, of course, was before the Amazins sent future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander back to the Houston Astros on Tuesday. 

While speaking with reporters, Nimmo shared that Eppler "never told me we weren’t going to compete next year" even though the Mets will need to add multiple starting pitchers this coming offseason. 

"He just said, 'Hey, we have got to kind of revamp some things and we’re probably not going to do what we did this year,' when the payroll was at $370 [million] or something like that," Nimmo continued. "But we still expect to win. This is going to be a great trial run for guys to get playing time. … I am hoping the young guys that are here will take advantage of that." 

With that said, rumors about the Mets possibly shopping All-Star slugger Pete Alonso seemingly aren't disappearing this summer and could cause Nimmo, along with New York fans, to toss and turn across many nights into the fall. Alonso is on track to reach free agency after the 2024 season and, by all accounts, isn't close to signing an extension with the Mets ahead of the first weekend of August.