For the Mets and president of baseball operations David Stearns, trading Brandon Nimmo to the Rangers for Marcus Semien wasn’t easy.

Nimmo was more than a fan favorite in a Mets uniform. He was beloved by teammates, coaches, members of the front office and more, a leader in the clubhouse and a homegrown player who had spent 14 years with the organization.

But, Stearns said, it was the right move.

“In order to create the type of sustainable championship caliber play that we seek to have here, at times these types of decisions are necessary,” Stearns said on Zoom call with reporters Monday.

“I think it’s a recognition that what we did last year wasn’t good enough and running back the exact same group wasn’t the right thing to do,” Stearns said. “So as went into this, we believed and

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