Some offseason ideas start as whispers, and some grow loud enough that you can’t ignore them anymore. The Mets appear to be inching toward the latter with Brandon Nimmo, a longtime cornerstone who might now be viewed as a movable piece as the organization looks to rebalance the roster and reallocate salary.

It’s a complicated scenario for several reasons — Nimmo has a full no-trade clause, his contract runs five more years, and his value has shifted as his game has evolved. But according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, the Mets aren’t ruling anything out.

As Sherman put it: “Consider moving Brandon Nimmo. This might be a non-starter — Nimmo has a complete no-trade clause. He also has five years at $101.25 million still due him. The word I heard shared by an AL official is that the

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