The Oakland A’s and Colorado Rockies are playing this week, and that means a showdown between the two best third basemen in the sport: Matt Chapman and Nolan Arenado. Perhaps Anthony Rendon really makes it a top trio, but even he doesn’t bring their all-around greatness on both sides of the ball.
It’s well-known that Chapman and Arenado were high school teammates, at El Toro High School down in Orange County. But that’s only the beginning of the eerie connection between these two.
Not only are Chapman and Arenado both MLB stars, at the same position, from the same hometown, they’re also virtually identical as players.