Last winter, the Colorado Rockies signed third baseman Nolan Arenado to an eight-year, $260 million contract extension, so you would think all would be just peachy between the two parties.
However, that is hardly the case.
Earlier this offseason, Arenado's name was thrown around in trade rumors. The asking price was (and still is) understandably astronomically high, and the Rockies haven't able to find any deals they liked.
As a result, general manager Jeff Bridich recently ended trade talks for the superstar.
But now, Arenado is peeved.
The 28-year-old told MLB.com that the club has shown him “a lot of disrespect from people there that I don't want to be a part of,” and Jeff Passan of ESPN says that Arenado's displeasure is rooted in Colorado's unwillingness to improve its roster.
When the Rockies locked up Arenado last offseason, the general feeling was that they would try and build a winning team around him, but they proceeded to win just 71 games in 2019 and have not made much of an effort to get better this winter.
And while Bridich declared that Colorado was no longer actively looking to trade Arenado, Passan notes that the Rockies did exchange proposals with teams as recently as last weekend.
Arenado has a full no-trade clause in his contract.
The five-time All-Star is coming off of a 2019 campaign in which he slashed .315/.379/.583 with 41 home runs and 118 RBI over 662 plate appearances.
In addition to all of his All-Star selections, Arenado has notched Gold Glove awards in each of his first seven major-league seasons.
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