Joel Sherman confirmed a long-rumored New York Mets storyline, shedding light on why Francisco Lindor was never named team captain during his time in New York. While Lindor’s leadership credentials were obvious inside the clubhouse, Sherman pointed to a delicate internal dynamic involving longtime Met Brandon Nimmo.

“Former Met Adam Ottavino said recently on his YouTube channel that Nimmo, at that point the senior Met, did not like speculative talk about making Lindor captain, and I was told that was one reason upper management put the kibosh on any idea of appointing Lindor. And among several reasons for trading Nimmo to Texas was to break up the clubhouse dynamic.” Sherman wrote for the New York Post.

The revelation adds context to a series of quiet but significant decisions made by th

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