DENVER -- Nolan Arenado is awakening to the territory that comes with being one of the game's most revered power hitters, particularly now with five seasons of scouting reports on him.
Arenado entered Wednesday without a home run since Opening Day, and with the Rockies' collective struggles on offense, he's only had 12 plate appearances with runners in scoring position. He was hitting .318 with a .404 on-base percentage, which -- acknowledging the wildly small sample size -- would both be career highs, but his slugging percentage sits at .500, well below the floor of .