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Brandon Nimmo was one of the most essential players for the New York Mets last season, and he's decided to stay for the long haul. Passan, the outfielder has agreed to an eight-year, $162 million contract with the Mets.
Nimmo had a walk-year in which he hit.274/.367/.433 with 16 home runs and a team-leading 102 runs. He has the most triples in the National League with seven. It also elevates the Mets to the rank of real financial juggernaut in MLB. With the additions of Nimmo and reliever David Robertson, who signed a one-year, $10 million contract around the same time, the Mets are expected to have the highest payroll in the league in 2023, at $322 million.
The pros of signing Brandon Nimmo
Nimmo, the 13th overall choice in the 2011 MLB Draft, made his debut with the Mets in 2016 as a consensus top-100 prospect. Injuries delayed his rise to starting position until 2018, but the end result was a highly useful player.
Only Mike Trout, Juan Soto, Freddie Freeman, Bryce Harper, and Aaron Judge have higher cumulative on-base percentages since that 2018 season. He's a guy who can make contact and get a walk, but he's also one of the best in MLB at drawing hit-by-pitches.
Furthermore, his defense in center field has been solid. When you combine that glove at a premium position with one of MLB's finest batters for getting on base, it's no surprise Nimmo fetched such a high price.
The cons of signing Brandon Nimmo
Remember how Nimmo needed some time off before his first full-time season? Well, health has never been a given for him. In his seven-year career, he has only played 100-plus games twice, and that doesn't count the shortened 2020 season, in which he played 55 of 60 games.
Nimmo has a long history of injuries. He has been on the injured list several times, due to injuries to his neck and fingers, as well as a partly collapsed lung in 2017. The good news is that he was essentially an every-day player all year in 2022, with only a brief stay on the COVID-19 list.
Nimmo's healthy season is encouraging, but he'll be 30 by Opening Day next year. It's not often that a player in his 30s shakes the frequently-injured label, but he'll be compensated with that expectation — or hope.
There's also the reality that, while Nimmo is excellent at getting on base, his career isolated power of.173 ranks him in the middle of the pack. We'll observe how that profile changes over time.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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