The facts:
— With about one-third of the season already in the books, the Rockies entered the weekend with a 28-27 record, sat in the third place in the National League West, trailed the first-place Dodgers (38-19) by nine games and trailed second-place San Diego (29-27) by a half game.
— The Rockies, despite opening the season 3-12, entered the weekend only 1 ½ games out of the NL’s final wild-card spot.
Twenty leading questions:
1. With left-hander Kyle Freeland sent down to Triple-A Albuquerque on Friday, with no solid replacement on the horizon, and with a rotation ERA of 5.