The Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 7-1 on Friday night in the coldest start in recorded franchise history, and Tyler Glasnow handled the weather better than almost anyone on the field. The first pitch at Coors Field came at 6:43 p.m. with the temperature sitting at 35 degrees, but Glasnow held Colorado to one run over seven innings as Los Angeles won for the 11th time in 13 games.
Glasnow said the conditions did not bother him much. “It’s not that different,” he said of pitching in the cold, adding, “I’m usually super hot and sweaty, so it’s almost nice.” He also said, “My body temperature is so high to where I went out there and didn’t feel cold, didn’t sweat a ton. It was almost kind of nice.”
The win moved the Dodgers to 15-4, their best start since 1977, and it came with snow and frigid air hanging over Coors Field. Emmet Sheehan had already set the tone a day earlier, making a snowman atop the visiting dugout rail before his scheduled start. For manager Dave Roberts, the night felt less like a weather story than a test of nerve. “It was a dry cold,” he said. “This is going to be like a game of chicken or something.” He added, “This is a mindset game, for me.”
That was a notable turnaround for Glasnow, whose 2025 season had already been interrupted by a rain-related collapse in Philadelphia 375 days ago, elbow trouble, and then more than two months out with shoulder inflammation. His first season in Los Angeles ended because of elbow trouble, and he said there were nights when he could not quite recognize himself on the mound: “I just didn’t really feel like myself when I’d go out there.”
Roberts said Glasnow looks different now. “He’s a different person, for me,” the manager said. “He’s grown exponentially.” Glasnow did not claim perfection Friday, saying he did not have his best stuff, but he still delivered the kind of start the Dodgers needed while the team keeps rolling through a cold stretch in every sense. He had also pitched in relief three times in October, including in World Series Game 7 against the Toronto Blue Jays, a reminder that Los Angeles now has a healthier and more adaptable version of a pitcher who once seemed trapped by injuries. The question now is less whether Glasnow can survive the weather than whether the Dodgers can keep this pace long enough for the rest of the league to catch them.
