ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - We've just learned another incredible nugget about the multi-year process of getting Nolan Arenado into a St. Louis Cardinals uniform. This latest story comes courtesy of veteran pitcher Adam Wainwright...
After the 3-1 victory on Opening Day in St. Louis – in which Arenado was the hero – the Cardinals pitcher dropped an interesting nugget when talking about the All-Star third baseman's first appearance in Busch Stadium with his new team. Wainwright says Arenado has been enticing the Cardinals front office to acquire him for a long time.
"The last year or two he's been sending me video when he was trying to get traded over here. He would say, 'Hey, show this to Mo," Wainwright says, being instructed to show Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak a video highlight of Arenado. "He would be in the middle of the offseason taking ground balls down the third base line and doing his little jump throw from almost the dugout and making a perfect throw.
"The guy loves baseball."
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And that's the only video Arenado has sent. Wainwright says he also, by accident, sent the entire team a video of him working on his swing late one evening during spring training.
Wainwright estimates that he's said it about 10 times in the dugout already, "I love that he's on my team. I love it."
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