Rangers, Mets agree on Semien for Nimmo trade: AP source

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ARLINGTON, Texas – The Texas Rangers and Mets have agreed to a deal that will send Gold Glove second baseman Marcus Semien to New York in exchange for outfielder Brandon Nimmo.

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A person with direct knowledge of the deal confirmed the agreement on Sunday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal has not yet been finalized or announced. The same source confirms that Nimmo has agreed to waive the no-trade clause in his deal.

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Nimmo, who spent all 10 of his major league seasons with the Mets, just completed the third season of an eight-year, $162 million contract he received after becoming a free agent for the first time after the 2022 season. The 32-year-old left-handed hitter is scheduled to earn an annual salary of $20.25 million each season through 2030.

Samien has three seasons and $72 million remaining on the seven-year, $175 million contract he signed with the Rangers in December 2021. It was at the same time that they, also in free agency, added top player Corey Seager on a 10-year, $325 million contract.

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That half-billion-dollar middle infield helped the Rangers win their only World Series title in 2023. But it was the only winning record in the last nine seasons for a team that finished .500 (81-81) for the first time in franchise history.

Outfielder Adolis Garcia, batting catcher Jonah Heim and right-handed hitter Josh Sborz, three other players who played significant roles in the World Series championship, all became free agents on Friday when the Rangers did not offer any of them contracts through 2026.

Semien, 35, won his second Gold Glove this season, although he missed the final 5 1/2 weeks and didn't play again after fouling out on a pitch on Aug. 20. It was only the second time in 13 major league seasons that he was on the injured list.

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Prior to this injury, Semien had missed only six of the Rangers' 615 games since joining them ahead of the 2022 season. He hit .230 with 15 homers, 62 RBIs and 62 runs in 127 games this year, and .249 with 93 homers and 319 RBIs in four seasons at Texas.

In 1,629 career games with the Chicago White Sox (2013-14), Oakland (2015-20), Toronto (2021) and Texas, he has a .253 batting average, 253 homers and 801 RBIs. He set career highs with 45 homers and 102 RBIs in his only season with the Blue Jays before heading to Texas as a free agent.

Nimmo has a .364 career on-base percentage, including 583 starts as a leadoff hitter. He has scored at least 81 runs in each of the last three seasons, starting with a career-best 102 in 2022.

Most of his hits this season have been from the middle of the pack, and he hit .262—the same as his career average—with single-season highs of 25 homers and 92 RBIs in 155 games. He has 135 homers and 463 RBIs in 1,066 games.

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