Nolan Arenado knew the Rockies had signed a special breed of closer early in spring training when he sat with Wade Davis in the video room at Salt River Fields and the right-hander caused the third baseman to suffer a partial identity crisis.
“I asked him how he approached me when I faced him last year, and he told me some things that I never would’ve thought of,” Arenado said. “It made me realize I need to understand who I am a little bit more, because he understands exactly who he is.”
Who Davis has been this season is everything Colorado thought he would be when the club inked him to a three-year, $52 million deal in December that made the former Ray, Royal and Cub the most expensive reliever in major league history by annual value.