Instead of a tie game and another rocky outing for Dedniel Núñez, the Mets reliever tipped his hat as Nimmo — who also doubled and scored off Pittsburgh ace Paul Skenes in the fourth inning — bumped chests with Tyrone Taylor in the outfield to celebrate what manager Carlos Mendoza described as a “hell of a play.”

The Mets, perhaps more than any team in baseball, know that if they want to win at the highest level, they need guys like Nimmo on the roster to be healthy. "[Team doctors] just s