Brandon Nimmo doesn’t need All-Star nod to prove his value to Mets

Here’s an oldie but a goodie:

This was Dec. 10, 2017, at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Fla. Word had just begun to percolate that the Yankees were about to rock the winter meetings but good: they were about to trade Starlin Castro, Jose Devers and Jorge Guzman in exchange for Giancarlo Stanton.

Stanton, who’d clubbed 59 homers and driven in 132 runs, who’d edged out Joey Votto for the 2017 National League MVP, would join a lineup that already featured Aaron Judge, who’d swatted 52 homers as a rookie in ’17. And the Marlins were picking up a huge chunk of the contract, too. It felt like “No, No Nanette” all over again.

Mets fans, of course, were taking this well.

The man who ran the Mets at the time, Sandy Alderson, wasn’t averse to wetting his finger and seeing how the social media winds were blowing. And when he did, amidst a gaggle of writers, he smiled.

“With Brandon Nimmo in right field,” he said, “we just didn’t feel that we had a need there.”