Nolan Arenado

Nolan Arenado

Arenado with the Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies – No. 28
Third baseman
Born: (1991-04-16) April 16, 1991
Newport Beach, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 28, 2013, for the Colorado Rockies
MLB statistics
(through April 29, 2016)
Batting average .281
Home runs 80
Runs batted in 264
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Nolan James Arenado (/ɛərəˈnɑːdoʊ/; born April 16, 1991) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his Major League debut on April 28, 2013, at the age of 22. An exceptionally skilled defender, he has achieved the Rawlings Gold Glove Award in each of his first three MLB seasons and is also a winner of the Fielding Bible and Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Awards for his position. In 2015, Arenado earned his first All-Star selection and Silver Slugger Award while leading the National League in home runs and runs batted in.

Amateur career

Arenado attended El Toro High School in Lake Forest, California, where he played shortstop on the school's baseball team[1] with fellow future major leaguer Austin Romine.[2] In 2008, his junior year, El Toro won the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section championship.[3] He was named to the Los Angeles Times' All-Star team after leading his division with a .456 batting average, 32 runs batted in (RBI), and 33 runs scored.[4]

As a senior in 2009, Arenado had a .517 batting average, a .615 on-base percentage (OBP), five home runs (HR), 14 doubles, and a triple,[5] and was again named to the Los Angeles Times' All-Star team.[6] He committed to attend Arizona State University on a baseball scholarship.[1]

Professional career

Draft and minor leagues (2009–12)

The Colorado Rockies selected Arenado in the second round with the 59th overall selection of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft.[7] Rather than attend Arizona State, he signed with the Rockies, and made his professional debut with the Casper Ghosts of the Rookie-level Pioneer League, where he batted .300.[5] In 2010, Arenado played for the Asheville Tourists of the Class A South Atlantic League, where he posted a .308 batting average and 41 doubles.[5]

Prior to the 2011 season, Baseball America named Arenado the Rockies' third-best prospect and the 80th-best overall.[8][9] Playing for the Modesto Nuts of the Class A-Advanced California League, Arenado, along with Wilin Rosario represented the Rockies at the 2011 All-Star Futures Game, following a strong first half, where he had a .283 batting average with six home runs and 42 RBI.[10] He finished the season with a .298 batting average and 20 home runs, leading the minor leagues with 122 RBI.[11] Later in the year, he was named the Most Valuable Player of the Arizona Fall League (AFL) after hitting .388 with six home runs and 33 RBI.[12][13] In 163 games combined in the California League and AFL in 2011, Arenado hit .315 with 201 hits, 155 RBI, 26 home runs and 44 doubles.[14] Playing for the Tulsa Drillers of the Class AA Texas League in 2012, he was again named to appear in the All-Star Futures Game.[11] He finished the year with a .285 batting average, 12 home runs and 56 RBI.[5]

Colorado Rockies (2013–present)

Despite a strong spring training showing in 2013, the Rockies optioned Arenado to the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League (PCL) to start the season.[15] After starting with a .364 batting average, a 1.059 on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS), three home runs, and 21 RBI with Colorado Springs, Colorado designated Chris Nelson for assignment and promoted Arenado in his place on April 28.[16] He went 0-for-3 in his debut against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. In his second game, against the Los Angeles Dodgers, he recorded his first three major league hits, including his first home run in a 12–2 win.[17] In his sixth game, he hit first major league grand slam and second career home run off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price. On October 29, 2013, Arenado became the first rookie to win a Rawlings Gold Glove Award at third base since 1957.[18] In his first big league season, Arenado slashed .267/.301/.405 with 10 home runs and 52 RBI.

The first mult-home run game of Arenado's career occurred on April 5, 2014, against Brandon McCarthy of the Arizona Diamondbacks in a 9–4 Rockies win.[19] On May 8, Arenado broke the Rockies franchise hit streak record, which Michael Cuddyer set the previous season, by hitting safely in 28 consecutive games.[20] On May 23, he suffered a mallet fracture of his left middle finger on a headfirst slide into second base in a game against the Atlanta Braves, and was subsequently placed on the 15-day disabled list (DL).[21] Arenado missed 37 games due to the fracture, returning on June 28. He earned his first career National League (NL) Player of the Week Award for the week ending August 24. He batted .545 with a 1.645 OPS and 12 hits, three doubles, one triple, two home runs, three RBI, and six runs scored.[22] Due to a chest contusion and early onset pneumonia, Arenado missed additional time at the end of the season. On the year, he batted .287/.328/.500, hitting 18 HR and driving in 61 runs. He won his second Gold Glove Award despite playing just 111 games.

In 2015, Arenado earned his second NL Player of the Week Award on June 28, hitting a major league-leading three mult-home runs games in six games, seven home runs and 14 RBI. He also scored 10 times, second-highest in the major leagues.[23] He became an MLB All-Star for the first time as a National League reserve at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. At the time his selection was announced, he was fifth in the majors in home runs with 24 and led in RBI with 68. He had hit more home runs in road games than at Coors Field (15 to nine), more RBI (37 to 31) and posted higher on-base (.318 to .309) and slugging (.615 to .580) percentages.[24][25] Playing against the San Francisco Giants on September 5, Arenado homered in his sixth consecutive game, breaking the Rockies' team record of five which Dante Bichette and Larry Walker shared.[26] He won his first NL Player of the Month in September, batting .339 and leading the major leagues with 11 HR, 32 RBI, and 79 total bases. He collected an NL-leading 38 hits and was second in the league with .705 SLG.[27]

For the season, Arenado tied Bryce Harper for the NL home run title with 42,[28] and led the National League with 130 RBI and 354 total bases. In addition, he batted .287 with a .323 OBP, .575 SLG, 43 doubles and 13 intentional walks on his way to winning his first Silver Slugger Award for third basemen.[29] He was the first Rockies player to lead the NL in home runs since Walker hit 49 in 1997 and the first to lead the majors in RBI since Andrés Galarraga with 150 in 1996. Additionally, Arenado set a major league record for extra base hits by a third baseman in one season with 89, surpassing Chipper Jones' total of 87 in 1999.[27] On defense, he won his third consecutive Gold Glove Award,[30][31] and, for the first time, was the major league-wide winner for third baseman of the Fielding Bible[32] and the Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Awards.[33] He became the second Rockies player to win the Fielding Bible at any position, following shortstop Troy Tulowitzki.[32] The Colorado Sports Hall of Fame named Arenado the winner of their Professional Athlete of the Year Award for 2015.[34]

Arenado and the Rockies avoided salary arbitration on January 15, 2016, agreeing to a one-year, $5 million contract, a raise from $512,000 in 2015.[35] He was named NL co-Player of the Week with Harper for April 18 after leading the NL with four home runs and 12 RBI. He carried an .852 SLG, led the NL with 23 total bases, and tied for second with seven runs scored.[36]

Awards and accomplishments

Awards
Accomplishments

Personal life

Arenado's brother, Jonah, plays baseball in the San Francisco Giants' organization.[37] Formerly, his agent was Scott Boras; as of November 2015, it was Joel Wolfe of Wasserman Media Group.[38] Arenado is of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent.[39]

References

  1. 1 2 Sondheimer, Eric (April 17, 2009). "Mater Dei shortstops are long on talent". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  2. ↑ Berg, Ted (April 22, 2013). "Six guys set to become MLB stars | For The Win". USA Today. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  3. ↑ Fryer, Steve (May 29, 2008). "Young El Toro doesn't wait, grabs Division II title". OC Varsity. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  4. ↑ Arritt, Dan (June 11, 2008). "The Times' high school all-star teams". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Pleskoff, Bernie (April 1, 2013). "Rockies' prospect Arenado has impact bat". MLB.com. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  6. ↑ Bolch, Ben (June 18, 2009). "The Times' All-Star team". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Rockies agree to terms with 2009 first-year player draft selections brothers, Arenado, Paulsen". Mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  8. ↑ Ringolsby, Tracy (January 19, 2011). "Colorado Rockies Baseball America Top 10 prospects". Baseballamerica.com. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  9. ↑ "2011 Top 100 Prospects". Baseballamerica.com. February 23, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  10. 1 2 "Rox land Rosario, Arenado in Futures Game". Colorado.rockies.mlb.com. June 23, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Arenado, Cabrera to play in All-Star Futures Game". MLB.com. January 18, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  12. 1 2 Mayo, Jonathan (November 20, 2011). "Arenado named Arizona Fall League MVP". MLB.com. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  13. ↑ Whicker, Mark (November 22, 2011). "Arenado ‘automatic' in Arizona Fall League". Orange County Register. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Nolan Arenado minor league statistics & history". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  15. ↑ Renck, Troy (September 14, 2010). "Colorado Rockies balancing patience, urgency in Nolan Arenado case". The Denver Post. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  16. ↑ Harding, Thomas (April 28, 2013). "Prospect Arenado ready to face high expectations". colorado.rockies.mlb.com. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  17. ↑ EndPlay (February 19, 2010). "Nolan Arenado hit his first major league home run, and the Rockies blasted the Dodgers 12–2". Thedenverchannel.com. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  18. 1 2 3 Saunders, Patrick (October 29, 2013). "Rockies' Carlos Gonzalez, rookie Nolan Arenado win NL Gold Gloves". The Denver Post. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Arenado, Rockies Rally Past D-Backs 9–4". KCNC-TV CBS Denver. Associated Press. April 5, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  20. 1 2 "Nolan Arenado sets Rockies record". ESPN.com. May 9, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  21. ↑ Morgan, Joe (May 24, 2014). "Arenado breaks finger on headfirst slide, hits DL". MLB.com. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  22. 1 2 Schulman, Harry (August 25, 2014). "SF Giants update: Tim Lincecum to miss next start". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  23. 1 2 Groke, Nick (June 29, 2015). "Nolan Arenado named NL player of the week after hot streak, still trailing in all-star voting". The Denver Post. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  24. 1 2 Bergstrom, Richard (July 11, 2015). "Fans should get to know new All-Star Nolan Arenado". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  25. ↑ Groke, Nick (July 6, 2015). "Nolan Arenado, DJ LeMahieu named to NL all-star team; Troy Tulowitzki still pending". The Denver Post. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  26. 1 2 Saunders, Patrick (September 5, 2015). "Nolan Arenado gets into Rockies' record book, but Giants win: Third Baseman sets franchise record with sixth consecutive home run game". The Denver Post. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  27. 1 2 3 4 Saunders, Patrick (October 5, 2015). "Nolan Arenado, Rockies 3B, named September NL player of the month". The Denver Post. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  28. 1 2 ESPN http://espn.go.com/mlb/statistics/_/seasontype/2. Retrieved February 9, 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  29. 1 2 Groke, Nick (November 12, 2015). "Rockies Nolan Arenado, Carlos Gonzalez win Silver Slugger awards". The Denver Post. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  30. ↑ Miller, Doug (November 10, 2015). "Defensive standouts nab Gold Glove Awards". MLB.com. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  31. 1 2 Saunders, Patrick (November 10, 2015). "Rockies' Nolan Arenado awarded third consecutive NL Gold Glove". The Denver Post. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  32. 1 2 3 Harding, Thomas (November 5, 2015). "Arenado wins Fielding Bible Award at third". MLB.com. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  33. 1 2 Kubatko, Roch (November 11, 2015). "Machado denied Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award". MASN.com. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  34. 1 2 MHS Staff (January 13, 2016). "Nolan Arenado, Christian McCaffrey among Colorado Sports Hall of Fame 2015 honorees". Mile High Sports. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  35. ↑ html "Rockies and third baseman Nolan Arenado reach $5M deal" Check |url= value (help). Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. January 15, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  36. 1 2 Meech, Grant (April 18, 2016). "Nolan Arenado named NL Co-Player of the Week". KOAA.com. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  37. ↑ Ballew, Bill (June 4, 2015). "Arenado finds his own road: Augusta third baseman motivated by success of big league brother". MiLB.com. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  38. ↑ Saunders, Patrick (November 16, 2015). "Nolan Arenado drops agent Scott Boras; what’s it mean for Rockies?". The Denver Post. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  39. ↑ Russo, Billy (May 15, 2013). "Siente y padece como latino (Spanish)". ESPN Deportes. Retrieved February 27, 2016.

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