Freeland rips 'disrespectful' Devers after benches-clearing brawl

Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland. Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images

Kyle Freeland rips 'disrespectful' Rafael Devers after benches-clearing brawl

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Darryn Albert | Last updated Sep 4, 2025 9:12 AM ET

The Colorado Rockies and the San Francisco Giants fought on the field during Tuesday’s game, and the fight continued in the postgame media sessions as well.

Colorado and San Francisco faced off for the second game of their series at Coors Field in Denver, Colo. During the first inning, Rockies starter Kyle Freeland gave up a leadoff single to Heliot Ramos and then a two-run home run to Rafael Devers.

Freeland apparently wasn’t a fan of how Devers admired his home run as it was headed for the right-field bleachers and said something to Devers as the three-time MLB All-Star made his way around the bases. Devers returned fire at Freeland with some profanities, and a benches-clearing brawl then ensued, complete with punches thrown.

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In the end, Freeland was ejected, as were Willy Adames and Matt Chapman of the Giants. San Francisco went on to win the game by a final score of 7-4.

After the game, Freeland called out Devers in his media scrum. Freeland said he thought Devers was “extremely disrespectful” for admiring his home run.

“I found it extremely disrespectful to show me up like that in the first inning after hitting a home run,” Freeland said. “Standing there watching it. Taking his sweet time getting down to first base. I’ve been in this league for quite some time. I know he has as well. I just found it extremely disrespectful and felt that I needed to let him know about that.”

Freeland isn’t the first pitcher to get mad over a batter admiring a home run, and certainly won’t be the last one. But perhaps the bigger problem here is that Freeland is giving up too many home-run balls to begin with. Sure, Freeland pitches at the notoriously hitter-friendly Coors Park. But he has statistically been one of the worst starting pitchers in baseball this season and now owns a 3-14 record with a 5.41 ERA, a 1.52 WHIP and 21 home runs allowed.

That said, the nine-year MLB veteran Freeland is known for his emotional approach to pitching. A few years ago, Freeland went viral for a huge meltdown in the dugout after a bad start.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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