Cardinals star third baseman Nolan Arenado returned to Coors Field Monday to open a three-game series against the Rockies.
Now in his third season with St. Louis, his emotions aren’t nearly as close to the surface as they were in 2021 after the Rockies traded him.
“It really wasn’t that long ago, but it feels like it’s been a long time. And so it’s a little weird,” said Arenado, who played for the Rockies from 2013-2020. Arenado joined an exclusive club on Saturday against the Brewers when he hit the 300th home run of his career. He became just the eighth player in major league history to win 10 Gold Gloves and hit 300 or more home runs. The other players form an elite club: Johnny Bench, Ken Griffey Jr., Andruw Jones, Al Kaline, Willie Mays, Ivan Rodriguez and Mike Schmidt. All of them, save for Jones, are in the Hall of Fame.
Arenado launched 235 of his 300 homers while wearing a Rockies uniform. Entering Monday’s game, he’d hit 138 homers at Coors Field and needed one more homer to tie former teammate Carlos Gonzalez for the third-most homers in Coors Field history. Todd Helton hit the most Coors Field home runs with 227, followed by Hall of Famer Larry Walker .
Arenado has played with only a handful of current Rockies, including outfielder/DH Charlie Blackmon, second baseman Ryan McMahon, right-hander German Marquez and lefty Kyle Freeland. Marquez started Monday night’s game, with Freeland slated to start Tuesday night.“He has electric stuff. I just love Marquez,” Arenado said. “I think he’s so talented, and to see him maintain that here … pitching in Colorado is not easy, It’s not easy physically and it’s not easy emotionally.
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