Overview
- DePodesta, hired four days earlier as president of baseball operations, represented Colorado in Las Vegas as he returns to MLB from the Cleveland Browns.
- He said a general manager hire is expected soon, with key near-term checkpoints including 40-man roster protections on Nov. 18 and the tender deadline on Nov. 21 ahead of December’s Winter Meetings.
- Interim skipper Warren Schaeffer will be included in the search for a permanent manager, with DePodesta praising reviews of his leadership.
- He stressed modernization across analytics, player development and cross-department collaboration, adding that ownership has been receptive to new ideas and that he favors organizational decisions over unilateral calls.
- The Rockies are coming off a 43–119 season and seven straight losing years, and early fan reaction to the hire registered as cautiously optimistic in local polling.