The Colorado Rockies need a new head of baseball operations, and they’ve spoken to a former Boston Red Sox pitcher.
Adam Ottavino spoke with Rockies owner Dick Monfort about the vacancy, The Boston Globe’s Tim Healey reported.
The right-handed pitcher spent part of the 2025 MLB season with the New York Yankees — his second stint with the team.
Ottavino, who turns 40 in December, spent the 2021 season with the Red Sox. In 69 appearances, he went 7-3 with a 4.21 ERA, 72 strikeouts and a 1.452 WHIP.
Ottavino has not officially retired from MLB, but has expressed interest in managing in the future if the opportunity presented itself.
It’s possible the Rockies look for a new manager, too, but they could also remove the interim tag from Warren Schaeffer’s title.
With no front office experience, Ottavino would be an interesting candidate for the Rockies, who are coming off a seventh straight losing season. In 2025, they finished with an abysmal 43-119 record.
Ottavino played seven seasons in Colorado.
The Rockies originally had two finalists for their head of baseball operations job — Arizona Diamondbacks assistant general manager Amiel Sawdaye and Cleveland Guardians assistant general manager Matt Forman — but The Athletic reported neither are in the running anymore.
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