DENVER -- With a constant thirst for broadening his baseball acumen, Nolan Arenado sometimes finds himself drowned in the depths of YouTube, dissecting video of teammate Carlos Gonzalez -- particularly the towering home runs manifested through the slugger's trademark leg kick.
However, through the first month-plus of the season, Arenado's sentiment could almost be referred to as nostalgia. Gonzalez entered the weekend hitting .198 with 28 strikeouts, 12 walks and a .269 on-base percentage through his first 31 games.
But this is not unfamiliar territory for the three-time All-Star. During an eerily similar stretch in 2015, Gonzalez was batting .