The Rockies’ resident grinder has been hanging out with an experienced grinder. That could be a good thing as the club begins its uphill climb toward a postseason berth.
Matt Holliday is a seven-time all-star, has played in 73 postseason games and been to the World Series three times. He won a ring with the Cardinals in 2011. In 2007, he was runner-up for National League MVP when he led the Rockies through Rocktober and into their only Fall Classic.
Now, at age 38, a part-time player in the twilight of his career, Holliday is passing on what he’s learned to Nolan Arenado, the all-star third basemen who’s trying to work his way out of a late-season slump just when the Rockies need him most.