Denver Post sports writer Patrick Saunders with the latest installment of his Rockies Mailbag.
Patrick, I have noticed that most Colorado starters begin looking into the dugout for help in the fifth inning. It just seems that way every time I watch a start from Jon Gray. He says he wants to be a 200-plus inning guy. To get there he needs to go deeper into games. Do you see him being that kind of guy? And will the Rox really offer him a ton of cash?
— Al, Denver
Al, perhaps Gray and some of the other pitchers look to the dugout because they are a bit gunshy about getting taken out of the game.