On Sunday, the New York Mets pulled off a huge trade that should help them re-position themselves as a contending team in the National League. They traded away a longtime servant of the club, Brandon Nimmo, to bring in Marcus Semien. But they have other pressing issues to navigate, namely the free-agency situations of important players such as closer Edwin Diaz as well as first baseman Pete Alonso.

With the Mets have been showing less reliance on sentimentality moving forward with regards to their roster decisions, if their choice to trade Nimmo away in the Semien deal is any indication, there are no guarantees that Diaz and Alonso would both return to the team in 2026.

Negotiations aren't exactly what someone would describe as “fraught”, but according to Will Sammon of The Athleti

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