The Rockies shake up their player development staff. The Rockies parted ways with several members of their player development and coaching staff

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  1. > Doug Linton, 60, has been with the Rockies organization since 2006. After an 18-year pitching career across major and minor league baseball—and several seasons in Asia—he served as a pitching coach for the then-affiliated Tri-City Dust Devils, Modesto Nuts, and Colorado Springs Sky Sox. He was appointed the Rockies’ pitching coordinator in 2013, a position he has held until his departure.

    > Flint Wallace, 51, was a potential option for the Rockies’ new pitching coach with the departure of Darryl Scott earlier this offseason. He joined the Rockies prior to the 2021 season as a minor and major league pitching coordinator and most recently acted as the Rockies’ coordinator of pitching strategies. He was the pitching coach for the Arizona Fall League’s Salt River Rafters this season.

    > Chris Michalak, 54, served as the pitching coach for the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes starting in 2023. Even in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League, the Isotopes have struggled on the mound. In the three seasons Michalak served as pitching coach, the Isotopes pitching staff ranked in the bottom three for team ERA each year. In 2025 their 5.97 team ERA was third-worst in the PCL.

    > The Rockies have also parted ways with Trevor Burmeister, hitting coach for the High-A Spokane Indians. Burmeister first joined the organization in 2020 as the hitting coach for the rookie league Grand Junction Rockies. He also served as the hitting coach for the Arizona Complex League Rockies and Low-A Fresno Grizzlies before moving up to Spokane in 2025.

  4. I don’t follow minor league coaching changes that closely. I wonder if this normal? Or if it’s the start of the much needed house cleaning?

  8. I am going to give credit where it is due, the team is making some changes!!! Yahoo!!!

  10. Good…Hopefully they bring in some new fresh faces to continue helping the front office in their concerted effort to make deeply flawed and comical player personnel decisions.

  11. Walker is certainly doing a lot to show he isn’t Dick. It may not work. But so far it looks like he does genuinely care about trying to turn this around.

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