Kevin Gausman will take the mound Wednesday afternoon for the Toronto Blue Jays at Coors Field, a ballpark he knows exceedingly well.

While most opposing pitchers come to Denver wondering exactly how the elevation might impact their pitches and conditioning routines, Gausman relies on his memories as a kid growing up in Centennial and pitching for Aurora’s Grandview High School.

“It’s just different here. It really is,” Gausman told The Denver Gazette from inside the Toronto clubhouse on Tuesday. “And it’s not necessarily the pitching and the pitch metrics and stuff, but just how you feel. It takes a couple of days.”

Gausman, who now lives in Louisiana in the offseason, then had to pause, realizing he was talking about the effects of elevation like a true sea-level resident.

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