What happened: Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes is slated to face the Rockies at Coors Field on Saturday. Denver Post columnist Troy Renck used the matchup to revisit Colorado's own former power pitcher, Ubaldo Jimenez, who anchored the rotation in 2010. Renck put the question to Jimenez directly: how does a franchise develop its next front-line starter?

Why it matters: Colorado has long wrestled with developing and keeping top-of-rotation arms at altitude, and Jimenez's 2010 run remains the reference point for what a homegrown ace can look like at Coors Field. Framing the matchup against one of the sport's brightest young arms, Renck again turns to Ubaldo Jimenez as the Rockies' last comparable power pitcher to ask what the club's pitching pipeline should look like next.

What to watch: Watch how Skenes handles the hitter-friendly Coors Field environment and whether the Rockies offer any sign of a new approach to developing their own front-line starter.