When Brandon Nimmo signed his eight-year, $162 million deal to return to the Mets last offseason, he probably had a few things in mind. He liked the idea of spending his whole career in Queens and possibly getting his number retired, all while eventually winning a World Series in New York.
Becoming the best MLB player ever from Wyoming probably wasn’t on his list. But we can add that to his list of career accomplishments. A Reddit user pointed out that Nimmo’s career bWAR has surpassed Dick Ellsworth to take over the top of this very specific leaderboard.