SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — To understand why the Rockies’ Nolan Arenado is a perennial MVP candidate, and why his first cousin, Josh Fuentes, is an up-and-coming Rockies prospect, you must first understand the Arenado-Fuentes family dynamic.
“The sports and games they played were always extreme, always over the top,” said Mercedes Arenado-Melian, Josh’s mom and sister to Nolan’s father, Fernando.
“I mean, even when we played Charades it was like that,” she continued. “When one team won the game, the music would suddenly start blaring and they’d all be talking at each other. Nothing was ever simple, everything was over the top.