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Behind the scenes of Kyle Freeland’s restoration for the Rockies: ‘It reminded me how I’m supposed to pitch’ | The Athletic ($)

This piece from Nick Groke about Kyle Freeland provides an interesting look at how the Rockies lefty is working his way back during his stint in Triple-A. It also provides some clarity about those ugly box scores: Freeland was pitching in certain games with specific directions to not throw his slider and ignore the results.

We didn’t know that, of course, so it was hard not to be concerned as he got shelled by minor league hitters. Another issue Freeland is working on is commanding his stuff to both sides of the plate. Besides the fact he was throwing a lot of fat…