May
29
2012

Prospect Pulse: Nimmo Sighting

An article by Petey Pete

Nimmo Is Raking At Extended

Things have been extremely quiet on the Brandon Nimmo front this spring. Not much has been written or said about the Mets first-round draft pick from 2011, except for the occasional question regarding whether he’ll begin his season at Kingsport or Brooklyn.

Well I spoke to someone last night who has seen Nimmo play everyday this spring. During the course of an interview with Mets 2011 sixth-round pick, outfielder Joe Tuschak, I asked Joe what position player has been having the most outstanding camp so far? And this is what he had to say:

Brandon Nimmo has been absolutely raking, bunting for base-hits, hitting doubles, hitting triples, line drives all over the place. He has been hitting well this whole spring training. To start off, it was a little slow. Probably the off-season and getting back into it but the past month, month-and-a-half, he’s just been ripping the cover off the ball.

Although I am presently working to transcribe the rest of my interview with Tuschak, I felt this bit of news about Nimmo would be much welcomed by Mets fans, and therefore I am releasing this tid-bit right away. Please check back later in the week for the Joe Tuschak interview in it’s entirety. Let’s Go Mets!

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About the Author: Peter Shapiro

The first time I went to Shea was not for a Mets game, it was for the Beatles concert there in August of '66. My first Met game was '67, a guy named Salty Parker was the interim-manager then. My first pennant race was 1969. As a 12 year-old that summer and fall, I managed to get to the park for 3 games. The first was the beginning of the Miracle which actually started on Tuesday July 8, 1969 with a day game against the Cubs. I was there a lot in '73. I saw games 3 & 5 of the 1973 NL Playoffs against the "Big Red Machine", from the upper deck behind home plate. It was from there that I witnessed the fight between Bud Harrelson and Pete Rose, and the mayhem that ensued. And that sweet victory in game 5! I saw a couple of WS games at Shea that year against that legendary Oakland A's club. I was there in 1985 for every single game Dr. K pitched including his two 16 strikeout performances, and the day he one-hit the Cubs on an infield single and the Mets won 1-0. I loved being a Met fan in those days. Hopefully we are once again preparing to emerge from the darkness.

4 Comments + Add Comment

Lifelongmetsfan May 29, 2012 at 11:22 am

Fantastic! Thank you for the info!
Ken Tomlin May 29, 2012 at 12:16 pm

Finally some news on this kid! And it’s good news too! Thanks so much for this update, it felt like Nimmo had vanished off the face of the earth.
Fonzie13 May 29, 2012 at 5:02 pm

Thanks Petey, I was wondering where Tuschak has been this spring. I almost forgot all about him.
eraff May 29, 2012 at 5:58 pm

And Tuschak?…also a very young Prospect—what’s he doing?

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