Kyle Freeland’s 2018 campaign was a big deal for Rockies fans. The young local pitcher put up one of the best single seasons of any Rockies starting pitcher in the franchises’ history. He came in fourth for National League Cy Young Award voting while a transcendent talent out east took home the award. Despite not winning though, Freeland was one of the first pitchers since Ubaldo Jiménez in 2010 to show the world Rockies pitching could dominate.
In honor of the Atlanta Braves winning the 2021 World Series with Rockies alumni Walt Weiss, Eric Young Sr.