Nolan Arenado has been growing into a leadership role on the Rockies. This started becoming apparent in January 2018, during the Rockies’ offseason caravan, when we learned about how Nolan seemed to take the Rockies’ 2017 Wild Card loss to the Diamondbacks personally. He turned that into motivation for himself and his teammates in 2018. The Rockies’ re-signing of veteran Carlos González blunted Arenado’s captaincy a little bit because CarGo was the veteran presence in the clubhouse. As the 2018 season wore on, however, Arenado grew into the role even more, and it was once again tied directly to Nolan’s emotional investment in the team.
As clubhouse leader, Nolan Arenado channels the pressure on the Rockies
