LOS ANGELES -- With just 12 days remaining in the regular season and the Rockies in the heart of a pennant race, the team has elected to shuffle its starting rotation heading into Friday's series at Arizona after a discouraging performance from Jon Gray in his last start.
Colorado will skip Gray's next start, which was slated to be Sunday for the finale of the series against the D-backs. Because of a scheduled off-day on Thursday, the Rockies plan to start Kyle Freeland on normal rest instead.
The Rockies entered Wednesday's finale of a three-game series against the Dodgers Wednesday 1 game behind St.