It seems impossible, but one year ago today, the Colorado Rockies fired then-manager Bud Black and named third-base coach Warren Schaeffer their interim manager.
As Rockies president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta said at the press conference introducing Schaeffer as permanent manager,
“I certainly explored the idea [of exploring other managerial candidates],” he told the media. “I thought it was important to do that and talk to a lot of people about different potential candidates, but ultimately, this is where I landed. And it was pretty quick. I mean, I would say even a week in with the number of people that I had spoken to, both in the organization and outside the organization, about ‘Schaeff’ it became pretty clear to me that this was a good direction to go.”
Whether or not this was the right decision was a subject we’ve written about a lot (see here, here, here, here, and here, for example).
Despite the change, the Rockies still finished 2025 with a historically bad 43-119, and while they are better in 2026, many of the problems remain.
So, Purple Row Night Owls, here’s the question: How would you grade Warren Schaeffer’s first year as the Rockies manager?
Vote in the poll, and explain your evaluation in the comments!
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