Overview

• The team announced Schmidt’s exit after a 43-119 season, and said the search for a head of baseball operations from outside the organization begins immediately.
• Colorado’s 2025 campaign featured a minus-424 run differential and a 6.65 rotation ERA, both worst-of-era marks cited across the coverage.
• It is the franchise’s first explicit pursuit of an external top baseball executive since hiring Dan O’Dowd in 1999.
• Reports differ on whether Schmidt stepped down or was fired, though the club framed the move as his decision to step aside.
• The incoming leader will determine the managerial position, with interim skipper Warren Schaeffer’s status for 2026 unresolved, and early reporting suggests former Twins GM Thad Levine could be considered.