Future of the Franchise

There are a ton of incredible stories about Carlos Correa. And while he is likened to a giant great dane loping around the field, he is also a highly skilled young athlete on the brink of something major. He is a kettle waiting to whine. He is a kitten poised to pounce on that opened can of salmon. He is the cross walk counting down to zero, as the car at the stop light decides if he can time it just right........ 

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To accentuate the mythos, it was only after the Astros won the AL Wild Card game against the Yankees that he was able to drink his first beer. Legally.....

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As a kid, Carlos' father took a second job so that he could afford to teach his son how to speak English and play baseball. Everyday, father and son were out on the field practicing. Father teaching his son how to play baseball "the right way." For his first homerun, Carlos' whole family was in attendance.

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The guy brings a big bat and solid defense. Where he goes, so goes his team. A family oriented superstar that plays the game the way it should be played. This guy will be a stalwart in New York for years to come.

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Team MVP

Can Arenado be underrated? A guy who is a perpetual All-Star and top 5 hitter in the league, with stellar defense and giant bat? According to some of his teammates, yeah. 

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“Nolan’s one of the best players in the game,” teammate Carlos Gonzalez said. “I feel like he doesn’t get enough attention because of where we play — not a lot of people watch the Rockies everyday, but this guy is special." 

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In 2016, Arenado had 41 homers and 133 RBI, the most of each category of any NL MVP candidate, while also batting .294. He ended up 5th in MVP votes. Seriously? A guy with the second highest WAR while only missing 2 games all year was barely a top 5 candidate? That's messed up.

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And that's not a fluke. In 2015, he ended the year with virtually identical stats, 42 homers and 130 RBI. What is going to happen next year when he produces another 40 homer and 130 RBI season, will the east-coast biased baseball writers still give him the cold shoulder and push him to the back of the MVP trash heap? It's hard to say that keeping a guy like Arenado down is the tale-tell signs of a conspiracy, but I believe. There's a reason he isn't thought of as a top-tier-best-in-the-game-type-of-player, and I blame it on the uptight, purest baseball writers that can only see Colorado for the smoke, and not the fire......

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So maybe he really is underrated. Maybe playing in Coors in real life is a greater handicap than we give credence to. Maybe he just doesn't have the superstar swagger that a guy like Bryant does. Who knows. But for New York, if he continues to produce at a top 5 caliber level, and drives in 130+ runs a year, MVP or not, this guy will help to build a franchise. 

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