E arly this year, as Mets players poured into Port St. Lucie, Fla. for the start of spring training, president of baseball operations David Stearns was fielding questions about naming the next team captain. Brandon Nimmo, the Mets’ homegrown outfielder who was drafted by the organization in 2011, was a part of that discussion.

Over the weekend, the New York Mets moved Brandon Nimmo to the Texas Rangers for Marcus Semien.