Brandon Nimmo sheds light on potential cleanup role behind Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto, Mark Vientos

New York Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo has a big responsibility on his shoulder heading into the 2025 season. He will have some of the major league's best hitters, Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto and Mark Vientos, hitting ahead of him.

Playing in the cleanup spot, Nimmo will be tasked with helping runners on base to reach home. Given the stellar on base percentage of all three, Nimmo will likely have one runner at least to drive home, which means he has to be watchful.

Reflecting on the idea of potentially hitting in the clean-up spot in 2025, Nimmo shared his views on WFAN on Sunday alongside Joe Benigno and Sal Licata.

"So I don’t really care if I hit fourth or if I hit eighth," Nimmo said (7:50 onwards). "It doesn’t matter to me. Whatever they feel like is going to be best for the team that day. But the way we’re writing it up now, we’ve got some serious hitters throughout the lineup.

"I don’t think you’re going to be able to take a breath anywhere. And that’s a really important thing to have in today’s game because over the course of 162 games, you’re going to have guys that are going up and guys that are going down, and you’re going to need everybody to contribute at some point."

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Brandon Nimmo reveals what went wrong after the All-Star break

Brandon Nimmo’s 2023 season was a tale of two halves. The first half was among the best stretches of his career.

He started the 2024 season on a high, hitting .255 with 83 hits, 16 home runs, 62 RBIs and 59 runs scored in 87 games before the 2024 MLB All-Star break. However, Nimmo saw a major decline in his hitting, as he batted only .186 with 44 hits, seven homers, 28 RBIs and 29 runs scored in 62 games since July 14.

Adjustments made during a post-All-Star break slump disrupted his rhythm.

"And I think what I did is I made too many adjustments from that point," Nimmo said (00:30 onwards).

"So I think one of the things is, um, you know, again, you continue to learn, uh, from being in this game ... And so, um, trying to be a little more consistent with that and stay the course rather than pivot after, you know, a couple of weeks of not seeing the results that we want."

With a stacked lineup around him, Brandon Nimmo is poised to be a key contributor for the Mets in 2025.