How Will He Thrive in Twenty-Five?: Brandon Nimmo

[Edgy MD]

He may be coming off a largely rough season, but whatever prediction system I used to sort out these Mets players projects Brandon Nimmo for the third-most WAR on the team in the 2025, only outpaced by the two apparent MVP candidates. How about that?

Such is the life of a guy who has his skill set distributed enough that he provides positive value even when he's not on top of his game. Going into the season without a clear spot in the batting order, nor even necessarily an obvious assignment on defense, you know he'll be in there, and somehow, you know he will produce.

Perhaps he will produce modestly, or perhaps abundantly. Is that foot issue still a thing? Will having two MVP guys in the lineup take some heat off of him? Will he be knocked out of the top four in the lineup, and if so, will that lead him to an emotional well that he'll spend half the season climbing out of?

These are the questions you must ask yourself as you consider the coming 2025 season for [CROSSOUT]Wisconsin's[/CROSSOUT] Wyoming's favorite son.

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Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

I've never really taken the time to understand WAR. I was too old to focus on it by the time it came along. But I'm going to predict that Nimmo's WAR will be less than that of Mark Vientos.

[Edgy MD]

There's only so much that can be understood, as there are multiple definitions of WAR, and the two main ones — from fangraphs and baseball-reference — are both built around proprietary forumlae, hidden in a secret vault guarded by shadowy figures.

Both the plus and minus of WAR-ratings is that they take performances out of context and reassemble the player's performances with all situations weighted equally.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I've never gone to WAR either. I don't feel like I'm missing all that much. OPS is a rough enough offensive figure for me (I don't need precision) and my proprietary Eyewitness Defense is underrated.

[metirish]

As Edwin Starr so eloquently noted

War, huh, yeah

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing, uhh

War, huh, yeah

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing

Say it again, y'all

War, huh (good God)

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing, listen to me, oh

Nimmo will do Nimmo things, including getting injured for a good stretch

[ashie62]

Wyoming's favorite son I believe

Nimmo has been in the organization 15 years. Wow

450 AB .265 22-61 15 SB

[Centerfield]

I wonder how healthy the guy was last year. Plantar Fasciitis started in May. He fainted in June. Maybe he had a concussion? And I read recently he dealt with some nerve thing on his thumb.

Hopefully his OBP returns to Nimmo levels. His second half was atrocious.

[Edgy MD]

Wyoming's favorite son I believe

 

You win the booby prize.

I had to find out if anybody was reading. Or something.

[Lefty Specialist]

Plantar fasciitis is a bitch- I've had it.

Concerned that he's just going to play through it, and I think it'll affect his numbers. .238/14/65 and he may sit a fair bit.

[Cowtipper]

He'll never achieve the stardom we wanted, and continue to underwhelm in a way that doesn't really hurt and might even be a net positive in the long run, as he has done most of his career, based on what was expected of him.

20 home runs, 75 RBI, .349 OBP, .255 BA.

Enough to keep the wolves at bay.

The dude had 90 RBI and 88 runs last year after all was said and done. He managed 23 home runs and 15 steals, despite a legitimately lackluster line of .224/327/.399. That's the sort of "underwhelming but still be a net positive" that I'm talking about.