As the MLB Postseason rolls on, the Colorado Rockies are trying to sort out how they’ll recover from their disastrous 2025 campaign.
“Disastrous” might be a polite way to put it. For a time, it looked like the Rockies would challenge the modern era record of 121 losses in a single season, but they ultimately avoided being on the wrong side of history, notching just 119 losses on the year.
Moving forward, there are a number of problems to solve, but finding a new GM and manager are at the top of the priority list. General manager Bill Schmidt recently resigned, while manager Bud Black was fired after a horrendous 7-33 start.
Today, we’ll be discussing why the Rockies should, and why they will, hire Joe Maddon to be their next manager.
This is a PREDICTION, not a REPORT.
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Colorado Rockies Will Hire Joe Maddon as Next Manager
After a handful of promising years in the 2000s and 2010s, the Rockies are bottoming out right in front of our eyes. Colorado hasn’t put together an 80-win season since 2018, and a 43-win campaign, as we saw last year, is about as low as you can go.
At this point, what the Rockies need is a highly-experienced manager who knows a thing or two about pulling a team out of the basement of the MLB.
Joe Maddon checks both of those boxes.
Although he hasn’t been in the dugout in a few years, Maddon has 19 years of managerial experience to his name, and he’s found success as the skipper of multiple clubs.
His last stint with the Los Angeles Angels didn’t exactly go according to plan, but the hope is that Madden will be able to transform the Rockies, as he did with the Tampa Bay Rays and the Chicago Cubs.
Madden took the job with the Rays, then known as the Devil Rays, in 2006. Prior to his arrival, the Rays were a middling ball club. Within three years, they were a perennial 90-win team and postseason contender.
After taking the job in Chicago, Maddon turned the team around on a similar timeline. Within two years, he’d broken the curse in Chicago, ending the Cubs’ 107-season World Series drought by bringing a championship to Chicago in 2016.
Joe Maddon is widely considered one of the best baseball managers of this era.
In 2016, he guided the Chicago Cubs to their first World Series title in over a century.
How did Maddon establish an elite culture?
With 13 core principles — and they’re relevant to our own teams: pic.twitter.com/0ZGjdqV7DD
— The Daily Coach (@TheDaily_Coach) June 25, 2023
Now, the Rockies shouldn’t expect dramatic results like this. Maddon can only do so much with the talent that’s currently within the organization.
Still, Maddon’s track record paints the picture of him being the type of manager that the Rockies desperately need. He has plenty of experience, and he’s clearly shown the ability to maximize the talent at his disposal.
Few available managers out there have a resume quite like Maddon. That resume will be incredibly attractive to the decision-makers in Colorado and will ultimately be the deciding factor behind Maddon’s hire.
He can usher in a new era in Colorado and pull the Rockies out of the rut that they’ve been in for years.
Joe Maddon Record
Joe Maddon has been a manager in the MLB at various points since 1996, racking up 19 years of total experience as a skipper. Across the last three decades, he’s spent time with the Angels, Rays, and Cubs.
In that time, he’s been in the dugout for over 2,500 games, posting a total record of 1,382-1,216. He also has two pennants and one World Series to his name.