He was hot to move Brandon Nimmo’s contract: Nimmo had five years remaining. He traded Nimmo for Semien, who had three years remaining.

The problem is, Semien’s hit tool was showing signs of collapsing in his previous season. He was slightly below league average in his age 33 and 34 seasons. His age 35-37 seasons were a very bad bet. Sure enough now he appears to be completely washed.

Nimmo, meanwhile, was still an above average hitter in his last couple of seasons, and was heading into his age 33 season, he’s two years younger than Semien. Nimmo had been durable and reasonably productive. This year, at age 33, he is still hitting. He’d easily be the Mets’ second best hitter.

Stearns was so hell bent on not taking on Nimmo’s decline phase that he took on Semien’s instead, simply because there were fewer years left on his deal. Second base wasn’t even a position of need for the Mets.

Instead of two years of a productive Nimmo and three years of an unproductive one, he instead simply took on three years of an unproductive Semien.

My wife is a Pistons fan who is getting increasingly excited about them as they become regulars in the playoffs. This could get ugly around here.

Those “USA” chants were quite interesting

It’s like the Cold War again, only the war is just against the cold.

you know, I don’t know…important series for both franchises to take another step forward…not sure who wins though…

maybe this is the moment evan mobley takes a solid step forward in fulfilling his potential…