Tomás Nido

BIOGRAPHY

Tomás E. Nido Vicéns was born on April 12, 1994, in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. He is a catcher in the MLB.

He made his MLB debut in 2017. Nido attended Orangewood Christian School in Maitland, Florida. He committed to attend Florida State University to play college baseball for the Florida State Seminoles. The New York Mets selected him in the eighth round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft. 

Rather than attend Florida State, Nido signed with the Mets, receiving a $250,000 signing bonus. He made his professional debut with the Kingsport Mets of the Rookie-level Appalachian League. Nido played 2013 and 2014 with the Brooklyn Cyclones of the Class A-Short Season New York-Penn League and 2015 with the Savannah Sand Gnats of the Class A South Atlantic League. In 2016, he played for the St. Lucie Mets of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, and won the league's batting title with a .320 average. The Mets added him to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season.

In 2017, Nido began the season with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies of the Class AA Eastern League. The Mets promoted Nido to the major leagues on September 12, 2017. He appeared in the All-Star Futures Game. He made his major league debut on September 13 against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field and recorded his first hit the following day off of Félix Peña of the Cubs. After the regular season, he played for the Scottsdale Scorpions of the Arizona Fall League. MLB.com ranked Nido as New York's 11th ranked prospect going into the 2018 season. He began the 2018 season with Binghamton.

In 2021 he batted .222/.261/.327. In 2022 he batted .239/.276/.324, and tied for the major league lead in sacrifice hits with 12. On October 20, 2022, Nido was named one of three finalists for the National League Gold Glove Award for catchers.