Nolan Arenado is an American professional baseball player, who has a net worth of $50 million. Nolan Arenado currently plays for the St. Louis Cardinals in Major League Baseball. He formerly played with the Colorado Rockies from 2013 until 2020.
Arenado is widely regarded as an outstanding third baseman, having won numerous Gold Glove, Platinum Glove, and Silver Slugger Awards. In 2019, he signed an eight-year, $260 million contract, making him one of the highest-paid baseball players in history.
Who is Nolan Arenado married to?
Nolan Arenado married Laura Kwan, his high school love, in December 2019. Their first child, a daughter, was born in August 2022.
Arenado’s favorite players include Texas Rangers third baseman Adrián Beltré and his Rockies colleague and outfielder Matt Holliday. Arenado said he tries to imitate Holliday’s swing “because he stayed through the ball so much.”
Vin Scully, the longtime Dodgers play-by-play commentator, autographed the bat with which Arenado hit his 40th home run of 2016, during Scully’s final season of broadcasting and final series of calling Dodgers home games.
What are some of Nolan Arenado records?
Below are some of Arenado records:
- Colorado Rockies’ franchise hit streak record is 28 games (May 28, 2014).
- Colorado Rockies’ franchise record for home runs in six straight games (Sept. 1–5, 2015).
- Colorado Rockies’ franchise record for the youngest player to hit 100 home runs (at 25 years, 3 months, and 23 days on August 8, 2016)
- Major League Baseball’s first rookie to win the Gold Glove at third base (2013) since 1957.
- The first third baseman in MLB history to earn the Gold Glove in each of his first five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten seasons.
- A third baseman set a Major League Baseball record with 89 extra-base hits in a single season (2015).
Meanwhile, Nolan Arenado was born on April 16, 1991, in Newport Beach, California, and grew up in Lake Forest. His parents are Fernando and Millie, and he has two brothers: Fernando Jr. and Jonah. He is of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent. Arenado attended El Toro High School as a teenager and played shortstop for the school’s baseball team. In his senior year, he batted 517 and had five home runs. After graduation, Arenado wanted to attend Arizona State University on a baseball scholarship.
Arenado struck for the cycle against the San Francisco Giants in June of 2017. He made his first playoff appearance, playing in the Rockies’ NL Wild Card Game loss to the Diamondbacks. Arenado went on to win his fifth straight Gold Glove and third consecutive Silver Slugger Awards, as well as his first Platinum Glove Award.
In 2018, he received the Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, and Platinum Glove Awards. Arenado won another Gold Glove and Platinum Glove Award in 2019, followed by his eighth consecutive Gold Glove during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
The St. Louis Cardinals acquired Arenado in early 2021. He blasted his first home run with the organization in March, in a defeat to the Cincinnati Reds. In the Cardinals’ home opener in early April, he homered in a victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Arenado ended the season with a.255 batting average, 34 home runs, and 105 RBI. He went on to win his ninth straight Gold Glove Award. Instead of becoming a free agent as his contract allowed, Arenado elected to stay with the Cardinals at the end of the season.
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