Overview
- The Rockies announced Friday that DePodesta is their new president of baseball operations, effective immediately, making him the fifth leader of the department in franchise history.
- Dee and Jimmy Haslam issued a statement thanking DePodesta as he departs the Browns, where he served as chief strategy officer since 2016.
- His first priorities include hiring a manager and adding front-office personnel with MLB’s general managers meetings opening next week in Las Vegas.
- DePodesta succeeds Bill Schmidt after Colorado’s 43–119 season, the club’s third straight year with 100-plus losses and a modern-era worst minus-424 run differential.
- Known for his Moneyball-era work with the A’s, DePodesta previously served as Dodgers GM and held senior roles with the Padres and Mets, and the search intensified after candidates Amiel Sawdaye and Matt Forman withdrew.