Overview
- At the Las Vegas GM Meetings, DePodesta stressed building a shared identity and clubhouse culture and is tapping existing staff, including Danny Montgomery and Amir Mandami, as he expands baseball operations.
- He aims to appoint a general manager before the Winter Meetings and is assessing the manager position, with interim skipper Warren Schaeffer included in the process.
- Key near-term checkpoints include 40-man roster protections due Nov. 18 and the non-tender deadline on Nov. 21, ahead of the Rule 5 Draft on Dec. 10.
- DePodesta inherits a 119-loss team and significant constraints, including Kris Bryant’s $81 million guaranteed over the next three seasons and the organization’s pitching challenges at altitude.
- Addressing his Browns tenure, he called the Deshaun Watson trade an organizational decision and said Rockies ownership has invited outside ideas, signaling support for modernization.