Rockies close to locking up Nolan Arenado in Yankees blow

Next year’s crop of free-agent stars may get signed before this year’s. As the Manny Machado and Bryce Harper watch slogs on, the Rockies are being proactive with their own pending free agent. They do not want Nolan Arenado to hit the open market and said they are getting close to a long-term agreement. “I…