When Brandon Nimmo signed a free agent contract to return to the Mets for eight years and $162 million in 2022, the veteran outfielder was excited about the idea of playing the rest of his career with the team that took a chance on a kid from Wyoming.

But the Mets core is no more. The Mets and Texas Rangers have agreed to a trade that would send Nimmo to Arlington in exchange for second baseman Marcus Semien , a source confirmed to the Daily News. ESPN’s Jeff Passan was the first to report the trade .

It’s not clear if any money is being exchanged or retained. Semien, a second baseman, is owed $72 million over the next three years while Nimmo has five years and $102.5 million left on his contract. Nimmo, 32, had no-trade protection he had to approve in order to facilitate the tra

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