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Arenado said Monday that he's been feeling banged up lately, but he doesn't believe he'll need to sit out any games in order to heal up, Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports. "Every day I've felt better this year, body-wise, I've hit a ball off my leg or something," Arenado said. "The first game in New York [Friday], I felt great. I said, 'My body feels good [Monday]. I'm responding well.' Then against J.A. Happ, I hit a cutter right into my shin, and then my leg was killing me. It feels like there's always something going on."

The Rockies had their series opener in Washington postponed Monday on account of rain, and the unexpected day off may have been beneficial to Arenado more than just about anyone else. As the third baseman noted, he's been bruised and banged up over the last week, fouling a ball off his left shin and getting drilled on the left hand by a pitch during that time. While Arenado hasn't missed any time, his decision to play through the pain may explain in some part why he's gone 9-for-35 at the dish in his 10 games since the All-Star break. He'll hope that the time off he received Monday will allow him to get back on track when the two teams return to action Tuesday.

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