Brandon Nimmo's unique upbringing has him one step away from Mets

Mets' Brandon Nimmo hits an RBI single during the sixth inning of the MLB All-Star Futures Game against Team World, Sunday, July 12, 2015, in Cincinnati. Photo Credit: AP / John MinchilloLAS VEGAS - The fascination with Brandon Nimmo began soon after the Mets drafted him 13th overall in 2011. He was the first pick of the Sandy Alderson era, a high school kid from Cheyenne, Wyoming, a place that is anything but a hotbed of future major-league talent.

After the draft, New York media members trekked to Nimmo's hometown, located in the southeastern corner of the country's least populated state. They told stories of a kid who overcame the long odds from a state without high school-sanctioned…