Rockies reportedly bring back interim manager Warren Schaeffer in full-time role in 2026 despite 119-loss season

The Colorado Rockies are giving Warren Schaeffer another shot at bringing the franchise back to prominence. Schaeffer, who took over as the team's interim manager in May following the firing of Bud Black, will return in the full-time role in 2026, the team announced Monday.

The Rockies were 7-33 at the time Schaeffer was named the interim manager. The club went 36-86 under him, finishing with a 43-119 record. The team's 119 losses rank as the third worst in baseball since 1901. Only the 2024 Chicago White Sox and 1962 New York Mets lost more games in a season than the 2025 Rockies.

The move comes with the Rockies in the midst of some major offseason changes. The team already made one blockbuster move this offseason, convincing former Athletics executive Paul DePodesta to leave the Cleveland Browns and return to MLB as the Rockies' head of baseball operations.

DePodesta was apparently impressed enough with Schaeffer — who received high marks from players at the end of the season for his communication skills and attention to detail, per Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post — that DePodesta felt good about bringing Schaeffer back for another year.

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