In the movie “Major League” the general manager tells the manager that they had signed Jake Taylor. The manager asks, “he was an all-star in Boston wasn’t he?” The general manager said, “yeah, he had some problems with his knees.” Another coach said, “wish we would have had him two years ago.” The GM said, “we did.” The coach answered, “four years ago then.”
The entire rumor around Nolan Arenado feels a lot like that exchange. The Hall of Fame Index will eventually be very kind to Arenado. A large part of that is about his fielding. You could credibly claim that he has been the best defensive third baseman of the past twenty years at least.