On the last day of the Colorado Rockies Caravan at Coors Field on Saturday, Nolan Arenado opened up to local media about his mental state and emotions following the Rockies’ elimination from the 2017 Postseason. I was particularly surprised to learn that Nolan didn’t even fly back to Colorado on the team plane. Rather, he stayed in Arizona for several “depressive days” with his parents and spent his down-time recharging with golf, concerts, and other diversions.
Also of note, and unsurprisingly, Nolan is spending no time worrying about how he was recently rated among the “Top 10 Third Basemen Right Now” by MLB Network, and is instead focused on how to repeat a Postseason birth for the Rockies and get better as a player in 2018 — in particular, by getting more sleep this year.