Some movies get old, fast
DBacks 5, Giants 4
Yeah, yeah. Break out the tiny violin.
That text captures 15 years of feelings about the NL West.
The Dodgers getting Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford. The DBacks getting Zack Greinke. The Dodgers getting Greinke. The Padres getting Juan Soto. The Dodgers getting Manny Machado. The Padres getting Machado. The Dodgers getting Trea Turner. The Padres getting Josh Hader and Mason Miller. The Dodgers getting Shohei Ohtani, Kyle Tucker, and the list goes on and on.
That text also captures (almost) 15 years of feelings about Nolan Arenado.
After a five-year sabbatical in St. Louis, why wouldn’t he return to the NL West? They always do.
He’s 35 now. Nolan Arenado is starting to look a lot more like nolan arenado. But against the Giants? Nolan Arenado.
Entering Monday he hadn’t hit a home run in four weeks. Only once in the last six weeks had he collected multiple hits. He’s tracking toward his worst-ever full season at the plate.
No matter. We’ve seen this movie before and we’ll see it again.
It’s always the NL West. And it’s always Nolan Arenado.
Up next: Landen Roupp (5-7, 4.07 ERA) takes the hill as the Giants try to beat the DBacks once. Just once. They’re 0-7 so far. First pitch at 6:40 pm.
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