Nolan Arenado has played 10 seasons for the Colorado Rockies and St. Louis Cardinals.
A native of Newport Beach, California, Arenado attended El Toro High School in Lake Forest, where he played shortstop on the school’s baseball team.
He committed to attend Arizona State University (ASU) on a college baseball scholarship. However, the Colorado Rockies selected Arenado in the second round with the 59th overall selection of the 2009 MLB draft.
Nolan Arenado made his MLB debut with the Colorado Rockies in 2013.
He subsequently signed an eight-year, $260 million contract with the Colorado Rockies in 2019 before being traded to the Cardinals two years later.
Arenado has since played 10 seasons for the Rockies and Cardinals and has a .289 batting average, 1,512 hits, 298 home runs, 963 RBIs and 800 runs scored.
A six-time MLB All-Star, Arenado defensive awards (in addition to his nine Gold Gloves) include four total (and three consecutive) Fielding Bible Awards and three consecutive Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Awards, as well as five consecutive Rawlings Platinum Gloves.