We might need to start taking everything Adam Ottavino said about the New York Mets back in November as gospel. Along with his critique of the way Carlos Mendoza handled pitchers, he discussed some of the bits and pieces about the idea of trading Brandon Nimmo. He didn’t see it coming.
Hidden in there was a little bit about how the dynamics within the locker room were. It has been becoming more clear there was more to the strife behind the scene than we realized. When Nimmo was traded, Buster Olney had a strange tweet about how it would lead the way toward Francisco Lindor getting named captain.