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Mets and Brandon Nimmo agree to 8-year, $162 million deal

The New York Mets and center fielder Brandon Nimmo have agreed to an eight-year, $162 million contract, major league sources have confirmed. Athleticism. ESPN was first to report the news. Here’s what you need to know: Nimmo played a career-high 151 games with the Mets last season, finishing with a .274 batting average, .433 slugging …

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Cooker lukewarm: shortstop rumors get awfully specific, some hope for Cubs, astros meet Contreras, deGrom, Nimmo, Rays, etc.

Cooker lukewarm: shortstop rumors get awfully specific, some hope for Cubs, astros meet Contreras, deGrom, Nimmo, Rays, etc.

This offseason (perhaps it’s just a particularly sassy series of GM meetings) has already delivered an unusually high volume of rumors. I really like. I mean, this is a list of *only* Cubs-specific things from the last 24 hours or so. And on the speculation front, there are plausible angles of interest for guys like …

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