Let’s talk about the Colorado Rockies situation, because it matters more than people realize.
The Rockies are a cursed organization in a lot of ways. They’ve had some genuinely great players over the years, but nobody’s been able to get them over the top. They’ve been to the World Series once — that’s it. And a big part of why the franchise has struggled for so long comes down to geography.
Coors Field sits at over a mile above sea level, and that altitude does things to a baseball game that you just can’t fully prepare for. The air is thinner. There’s less resistance on the ball, so pitches don’t spin the way they’re supposed to — breaking balls flatten out, velocity plays differently. For hitters, the ball absolutely flies off the bat. The outfield is massive to compensate, but it doesn’t make the outfielders any faster. The result is an endless parade of extra-base hits dropping into gaps no one can reach.
It’s not just gameplay either — the altitude has real physical effects on players. Kenley Jansen learned that the hard way back in 2018 when he experienced atrial fibrillation at Coors Field and had to be taken to a hospital. He’d dealt with similar issues in 2012 as well. The thin air literally affects your heart rhythm. That’s how serious this gets.
And it wasn’t just the altitude this time — it snowed before the game, and at points during it, the temperature dropped to thirty two degrees. That’s not baseball weather. That’s just brutal conditions on top of everything else the thin air throws at you. The Dodgers have three more games in this series, so they’re looking at an extended stay in these conditions. Every team goes through stretches like that, but when your first stop in a thirteen-game stretch without a day off is Denver in a snowstorm, you’re asking your guys to absorb a lot early.
That said — let’s get to the good stuff.
Tyler Glasnow was absolutely filthy.
Seven innings, one hit, one run. That’s not just a quality start, that’s a performance. That’s an ace doing ace things. When Glasnow is healthy, he’s a top-of-the-rotation pitcher — full stop. And it sounds like he’s made some adjustments this offseason to help keep him on the field. When he’s right, he’s a difference-maker.
God Bless and Go Dodgers!