{"id":696648,"date":"2026-05-12T03:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T03:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/696648\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T03:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T03:36:17","slug":"purple-row-after-dark-its-been-a-year-grade-rockies-manager-warren-schaeffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/696648\/","title":{"rendered":"Purple Row After Dark: It\u2019s been a year. Grade Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems impossible, but one year ago today, the Colorado Rockies fired then-manager Bud Black<\/a> and named third-base coach Warren Schaeffer their interim manager.<\/p>\n

On November 24, 2025, he was given the permanent position<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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As Rockies president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta said<\/a> at the press conference introducing Schaeffer as permanent manager,<\/p>\n

\u201cI certainly explored the idea [of exploring other managerial candidates],\u201d he told the media. \u201cI thought it was important to do that and talk to a lot of people about different potential candidates, but ultimately, this is where I landed. And it was pretty quick. I mean, I would say even a week in with the number of people that I had spoken to, both in the organization and outside the organization, about \u2018Schaeff\u2019 it became pretty clear to me that this was a good direction to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether or not this was the right decision was a subject we\u2019ve written about a lot (see here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>, for example).<\/p>\n

Despite the change, the Rockies still finished 2025 with a historically bad 43-119, and while they are better in 2026, many of the problems remain.<\/p>\n

So, Purple Row Night Owls, here\u2019s the question: How would you grade Warren Schaeffer\u2019s first year as the Rockies manager?<\/p>\n

Vote in the poll, and explain your evaluation in the comments!<\/p>\n

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