Rockies revamp front office with eye toward analytics

Colorado Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt, front, confers with special assistant Vinny Castilla during batting practice before the team’s baseball game against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Denver.Changes, first-year Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt readily concedes, were needed in the front office.

“There were, and are, a lot of good people here,” Schmidt said. “But we got to a point where adjustments were needed and fresh people needed to be brought in. We needed some new ideas. We needed everybody pulling in the same direction.”

Whether the Rockies have done enough to change the club’s culture and rebound after three consecutive losing seasons remains to be seen.…