Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland deserves a medal. Perhaps baseball’s equivalent of a Purple Heart.
Because no one has started more games (119) or pitched more innings (622) at Coors Field. The gritty southpaw has watched 91 of his pitches sail over the wall at Coors and owns a 4.88 career ERA in LoDo.
Still, the Denver native keeps trying, believing there is a solution — or at least survival — to pitching at a mile above sea level. Freeland, entering his 10th big-league season, is open to just about anything if it will help the Rockies win.