Overview

• The team announced an immediate external search for a new head of baseball operations, its first planned outside hire for the role since 1999.
• Schmidt had been with Colorado since 1999 and served as GM since 2021, a span that ended with three consecutive 100-loss seasons.
• Colorado finished 2025 at 43-119 with a minus-424 run differential and a 6.65 starters' ERA, figures cited as among the worst in MLB records.
• Executive vice president Walker Monfort said the mandate is a fresh perspective and new vision to expand innovation across scouting, analytics and player development.
• The incoming leader will decide the managerial role, leaving interim manager Warren Schaeffer's 2026 status unresolved, and some local reporting describes Schmidt’s exit as a firing.