No one expected the Texas Rangers to trade second baseman Marcus Semien to the New York Mets for Brandon Nimmo. In fact, even Nimmo was shocked when Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns asked him if he'd be willing to waive his no-trade clause, per MLB.com's Kennedi Landry.
Even though Nimmo had planned to stick with the Mets, the organization he had been with since it selected him in the first round of the 2011 MLB Draft, he decided to waive his no-trade clause to join the Rangers, who missed the postseason the past two years after winning the World Series in 2023.