A Look At Nolan Arenado’s Comeback Year

Back in January, the Diamondbacks acquired Nolan Arenado from the Cardinals with the hope that he’d provide veteran stability at the hot corner as they made a run at a Wild Card. The latter didn’t happen, of course, but it was through no fault of Arenado. The 35-year-old wound up authoring a decent comeback campaign after a prolonged offensive downturn from 2023-25 with the Cardinals. MLBTR’s Mark Polishuk broke down Arenado’s hot start earlier this year. Through the end of May, he was batting .269/.350/.451 through an even 200 plate appearances, running a 19.0% strikeout rate and 9.0% walk rate…