Official Site of the Rockies · May 15, 2017
Even-keeled CarGo starting to find form
Carlos Gonzalez singles on a sharp grounder to right, scoring Mark Reynolds to cut the Rockies' deficit to 5-2 in the 4th inningDENVER -- 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.