BrownsUpdated: Nov. 07, 2025, 12:59 p.m.|Published: Nov. 06, 2025, 4:17 p.m.
Cleveland Browns managing and principal partner Jimmy Haslam talks with his Chief Strategy Office, Paul DePodesta during an organized team activity, June 8, 2022, in BereaJohn Kuntz, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND — Paul DePodesta, the Cleveland Browns’ Chief Strategy Officer since 2016, is headed back to baseball with the Browns at 2-6 and searching for answers.
DePodesta is taking over as head of baseball operations for the Colorado Rockies, marking a return to the sport where he spent 20 years before making the unconventional detour into football, a league source confirmed for cleveland.com.
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