Closer Wade Davis’ excellence has become an uninteresting expectation

Nolan Arenado knew the Rockies had signed a special breed of closer early in spring training when he sat with Wade Davis in the video room at Salt River Fields and the right-hander caused the third baseman to suffer a partial identity crisis.
“I asked him how he approached me when I faced him last year, and he told me some things that I never would’ve thought of,” Arenado said. “It made me realize I need to understand who I am a little bit more, because he understands exactly who he is.”

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