{"id":306193,"date":"2025-11-24T19:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/306193\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T19:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:39:09","slug":"rockies-retain-manager-warren-schaeffer-after-119-loss-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/306193\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies retain manager Warren Schaeffer after 119-loss season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warren Schaeffer, who took over as interim manager of the Colorado Rockies<\/a> after Bud Black was fired amid a historically bad season for the franchise, will return as manager in 2026, it was announced Monday.<\/p>\n

Schaeffer, 40, was promoted from third-base coach to manager after Black and bench coach Mike Redmond were fired on May 11 after a major-league-worst 7-33 start. He has been a member of the Rockies organization for over a decade and becomes the eighth full-time manager in club history.<\/p>\n

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Things continued to slide downhill for Schaeffer and the Rockies, who finished with 119 losses — the most in the National League since the 1962 New York Mets<\/a> had 120. They finished 50 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> in the NL West.<\/p>\n

“We’re confident Warren is the right person to lead our club moving forward,” new president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta<\/a> said in a statement. “He has established strong relationships with our players, understands the culture of this franchise and embodies the energy and work ethic we want on and off the field.”<\/p>\n

General manager Bill Schmidt was dismissed on Oct. 1, with executive vice president Walker Monfort saying that Schmidt’s replacement would make a decision on the managerial role for next season.<\/p>\n

The starting rotation finished with a 6.65 ERA — the highest mark since it became an official stat in both leagues in 1913 — as the Rockies allowed 1,021 runs this season, the most since the 1996 Detroit Tigers<\/a> gave up 1,103. Colorado had a run differential of minus-424, the worst since 1900, surpassing the minus-349 of the 1932 Boston Red Sox<\/a> — and also the most since the 1899 Cleveland Spiders at minus-724, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.<\/p>\n

Colorado was also a major-league-worst 18-63 on the road, a franchise record.<\/p>\n

There were some bright spots. The Rockies received a breakout season from All-Star catcher Hunter Goodman<\/a>, who hit .278 with 31 homers and 91 RBIs. They have 2024 Gold Glove winners in Ezequiel Tovar<\/a> and Brenton Doyle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Rockies also drafted Ethan Holliday with the No. 4 pick this summer, while young prospects such as outfielders Zac Veen<\/a> and Yanquiel Fernandez<\/a>, infielder Ryan Ritter<\/a> and right-hander Chase Dollander<\/a> were all called up and got a taste of the majors.<\/p>\n

“I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to continue leading this team,” Schaeffer said in a news release. “My focus remains on continuing to build a strong, unified culture based on accountability, hard work and trust. We have a group of guys who care deeply about competing the right way, and my goal is to keep strengthening those relationships while leading a team that our fans can embrace and be proud of.”<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warren Schaeffer, who took over as interim manager of the Colorado Rockies after Bud Black was fired amid…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-306193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}