ORLANDO, Fla. — Warren Schaeffer is optimistic by nature. Monday afternoon, he was exponentially optimistic.
Colorado’s 40-year-old manager, having shed his interim tag, now gets a fresh start. He’s joined Paul DePodesta, the new president of baseball operations, along with Josh Byrnes, the new general manager, in an effort to raise the Rockies from the ashes of their 119-loss season.
Schaeffer will organize spring training 2026 his way.
“I’m through the roof about it,” he said. “This is something you look forward to for a long time. The process that we’re in right now, building a staff, is something that I’ve been wanting to do for a very, very long time.