Patrick Saunders of The Denver Post was first to report the move<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Colorado Rockies announced today that Warren Schaeffer has been named the club\u2019s manager. pic.twitter.com\/BjApvDfm81<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Rockies Club Information (@RockiesClubInfo) November 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Given how long the Rockies lingered before making a move, the eventual choice comes as no surprise.<\/p>\n Every other club with a managerial vacancy<\/a> in the offseason had filled the role. Some did so quickly; others \u2014 specifically the Atlanta Braves<\/a> and San Diego Padres \u2014 waited until November to announce their choices. But the Rox weren\u2019t going to do anything until finding their replacement for Bill Schmidt to guide their baseball operations.<\/p>\n Schaeffer had a thankless task after assuming the reins in the wake of Bud Black\u2019s Mother\u2019s Day sacking, inheriting a team with a 7-33 record. The Rockies went 36-86 on his watch, which represented some improvement.<\/p>\n But after an uptick in June, July and into mid-August, the Rox faded late. In September, the club went 4-21, reverting to the form it displayed in April and May, when it went 4-22 and 4-24, respectively.<\/p>\n Schaeffer, like many others in the baseball operations side of organization, is a lifer steeped in the club\u2019s way of doing things.<\/p>\n A draft pick of the Rox in 2017 from Virginia Tech, Schaeffer has known no other organization as a player, coach and manager in 19 professional seasons.<\/p>\n There was some thought that could have worked against him, especially with DePodesta already beginning to clean house in the team\u2019s minor-league operation, dismissing four members of the club\u2019s pitching-development staff<\/a>.<\/p>\n But Schaeffer\u2019s work behind the scenes last year ended up carrying plenty of weight.<\/p>\n SCHAEFFER LAUDED BY ROCKIES PLAYERS<\/p>\n Rockies players praised his ability to relate to them, a skill borne from a combination of factors that included his age (40, 28 years younger than Black), his relatively recent experience as a player in the club\u2019s minor-league system and his work within that system as a coach and manager.<\/p>\n Schaeffer coached or managed many of the homegrown Rockies on their way up through the ranks, spending three seasons (2015-17) managing the Asheville Tourists at the low-A level, two years guiding the AA Hartford Yard Goats (2018-19) and then a pair of seasons at the helm of the AAA Albuquerque Isotopes before joining Black\u2019s staff as third-base and infield coach in 2023.<\/p>\n But Schaeffer wasn\u2019t afraid to call players out and demand accountability, either.<\/p>\n Perhaps the most notable example came in the wake of Kyle Freeland\u2019s ejection following a shouting match and a subsequent benches-clearing fracas on Sept. 2.<\/p>\n He refused to make excuses for the longtime rotation stalwart.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the end of the day, when your starter doesn\u2019t get an out in the first inning and he\u2019s gone, that hurts the ballclub. That hurts the ballclub,\u201d Schaeffer said<\/a>. \u201cHe knows that.\u201d<\/p>\n It was the sort of moment which showed that Schaeffer had the capability to be a solid dugout leader at the major-league level.<\/p>\n Now he gets the opportunity with a bit more permanence to his name.<\/p>\n
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