Roenis Elias vs. Yohan Flande, 6:10pm
The delightfully-named Yohan Flande is a walking embodiment of the replacement-level concept. A left-hander who’s pitched in the Phillies, Braves and Rockies orgs – and who was acquired as a minor league free agent – Flande has spent several years putting up mediocre results in several minor leagues. Without a real putaway pitch and with surprisingly suspect control, Flande seems like a great guy to stash in the upper minors to ensure someone can make a start every 5 days while your prospects shuttle up and down the ladder. For someone like that, of course, signing with the Rockies may be kind of appealing, because the nature and severity of their pitching woes means you might get to do the whole “well, he’ll be able to make a start every 5 days” thing in the big leagues.