This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/mets/onsi as Brandon Nimmo reveals reason for waiving Mets no-trade clause. The New York Mets' ability to execute a trade of Brandon Nimmo for Marcus Semien wasn't so simple as agreeing to a deal with the Texas Rangers, and that being that.

For the Mets and president of baseball operations David Stearns, trading Brandon Nimmo to the Rangers for Marcus Semien wasn’t easy.