Marcus Semien understands who he is replacing. He knows what outfielder Brandon Nimmo meant to Mets fans and to the clubhouse he has helped lead over the better part of the last decade. The newest Mets’ infielder understands this because he held a similar status with his old team as a captain.

“I feel for the Mets fans,” Semien said Tuesday on a Zoom call with New York media members. “When you lose a player who has been present and who has been such a fixture in that lineup and in the community, has a great personality and is such a nice guy, I feel for the fans.”

Semien is hoping Mets fans will like what he brings to Flushing.

“I want to play until they tell me to go home,” he said. “At this point in my career, it feels extremely good to have a team that believes in me, sees what I d

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