For a second straight season, I have no idea what to write about Brandon Nimmo. The signing of Jay Bruce this off-season doesn’t just make things difficult for Lagares, it makes things incredibly difficult for Nimmo. Nimmo enjoyed a boost of playing time at the end of the season as the injuries and trades piled high for the Mets. First let’s look at his 2017 projections:
| Brandon Nimmo | |||||||||
| PA | AB | R | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
| 2016 | 80 | 12.00 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.274 | 0.338 | 0.329 | |
| Projections | |||||||||
| ZiPS | 526 | 66.00 | 11 | 51 | 6 | 0.249 | 0.328 | 0.384 | |
| ESPN | 15.00 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0.236 | ||||
| Baseball Prospectus | 107 | 11.00 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0.244 | 0.33 | 0.377 | |
| Sporting News | 156 | 15.00 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0.263 | 0.328 | 0.382 | |
| NBC Rotoworld | 154 | 20.00 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0.253 | 0.326 | 0.37 | |
| Rotowire | 242 | 38.00 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 0.277 | 0.333 | 0.409 | |
| FBG 2017 | 228 | 30.00 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 0.287 | |||
| Average | 316.5 | 195 | 27.857143 | 4.2857143 | 23.285714 | 2.4285714 | 0.2584286 | 0.329 | 0.3844 |
2017 Stats:
69 G, 215 PA, 177 AB, 26 R, 46 H, 11 2B, 5 HR, .260 BA, .379 OBP, .418 SLG
Despite the amount of trades and injuries, Nimmo still had less playing time than projected but he used his time wisely. He hit the homer projection and the batting average projection, hit 50 points better in on base and about 30 points better in slugging.
Nimmo had a good year last year. His numbers, even over a whole season, won’t save the team but this was solid. Especially compared to what the Mets had in April last year. I’m curious to see how the projections handle him for this upcoming season.
