The New York Mets didn’t quite sign a star center fielder. They failed to bring George Springer and they chose not to sign Jackie Bradley Jr., the second-best in the market after the former Astro and current Blue Jay.
Yet, the New York Mets needed to address the situation in the most important of the outfield positions, because even though Brandon Nimmo is a fantastic offensive contributor and a premier leadoff hitter, his defensive numbers in center were very bad.
Nimmo ranked in the 2nd percentile with -4 Outs Above Average (OAA), a Statcast metric, and according to Fangraphs, he had a -4.