“We can’t back down. We are going to relentlessly attack. We might get bloodied. But we’ve got to knock the other guy out.”
Scott Schwartz and Chris Munson huddle beneath umbrellas during the home opener between the Colorado Rockies and the Athletics at Coors Field in Denver, on Friday, April 4, 2025. . Might have stopped going to games, leaving great seats for opposing team’s fans.
Maybe you gave up on them entirely.A decade too late, the Rockies abandoned their insular thinking, fired dead weight president Greg Feasel and general manager Bill Schmidt. They ditched their AOL account. Exchanged their flip phones. And turned on Bluetooth., president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta and GM Josh Byrnes have been entrusted to excavate the Rockies from the ruins.Could it be possible that arguably the worst team in baseball history won’t even be the worst team in baseball this season? There is a plan. So, there is a chance. “We’re Here For The Climb” is the team’s marketing slogan. It is catchier than “Now We Suck Less Than Ever.” The Rockies are asking for patience, recognizing this is likely a three-year project to return to relevance.Outfielder Jordan Beck celebrates with teammates in the dugout after scoring the first run of game three during the 2026 Colorado Rockies spring training at Surprise Stadium in Surprise, Arizona on Feb. 22, 2026. The Colorado Rockies took on the Texas Rangers. There are a few reasons why. DePodesta has infused analytics into a Rockies organization that had been living in the Stone Age. And manager Warren Schaeffer hired coaches who understand the information and can deliver it to players in a snackable fashion. “The magic isn’t in the word analytics. It has been around 25 years with Paul,” Schaeffer said. “He’s not some nerd who lives in the stratosphere. He’s a great baseball guy. It is going to make us more efficient.” DePodesta and Byrnes reconfigured the rotation around veterans with a plethora of pitches. Nothing is more demoralizing for a team trying to regain its balance than having its outcome determined by the third inning. “How many sports in the world when you have the ball in your hand are you not on offense? Our pitchers have to adopt that mentality. Yeah we are going to give up some hits and we are going to give up some homers. That happens ,” DePodesta said. “We can’t back down. We are going to relentlessly attack. Look, it might be a 15-round heavyweight fight. We might get bloodied. But we’ve got to knock the other guy out.”Renck: For Nuggets to reach NBA Finals, someone other than Nikola Jokic needs to be the bad copRenck: Failure, faith, fortitude make Michael Lorenzen a good fit for the Rockies Hey Broncos, how about using Jaylen Waddle’s talent to unlock Evan Engram’s potential? | Renck & File Colorado Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle can’t get ahold of the ball on a single hit by San Francisco Giants center fielder Jung Hoo Lee in the 2nd inning at Coors Field in Denver, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Anyone familiar with baseball at altitude knows pitching remains a problem. It will always be difficult. But the fact that the Rockies could not hit the past two seasons was absurd. No stadium awards contact like Coors Field. And the Rockies, instead, became human windmills, a trait amplified on the road where they averaged an MLB-worst 10.4 strikeouts per game over the past two years. This must change, starting at LoanDepot Park on Friday night. There is no excuse for chasing and swinging and missing at this rate. “There is no doubt we have to get more guys on base. We have to have more balls in play,” DePodesta said. The additions of super utilityman Willi Castro and TJ Rumfield provide a lens into how the Rockies’ brass wants to reshape and improve. Castro brings lineup and positional versatility. He was an All-Star in 2024, delivering 48 extra-base hits. Even in a disappointing 2025 season, he struck out 24.4% of the time. Ryan McMahon, by comparison, whiffed in 32.2% of his plate appearances. Rumfield, the projected starting first baseman, struck out 18.3% in Triple-A. Michael Toglia, ditched by new management, posted a 39.1% K rate last season.“We need to be able to look at an individual, at his strengths, and determine how that puzzle piece fits. It is hard to find a guy who hits for average, gets on base, has power and is a great defender. Those are Hall of Famers,” said DePodesta. “But if we can find guys who have elements of those and put the pieces together in just the right way, then as a team we can do all those things and cover for individual weaknesses. I do think we are going to be developing hitters who fit as winning pieces that ultimately will be part of a larger puzzle.” Ambush in hitter’s counts. Run a little bit, forever a foreign concept. Put pressure on the defense. Schaeffer is poised to be more aggressive. It won’t translate in the standings, but the offense will have a few electrified strings on the acoustic guitar. The Rockies are more equipped to do damage with shortstop Ezequiel Tovar, who has legit pop, and a healthy Brenton Doyle. Mickey Moniak brings 25-home-run potential as the primary DH, and Jordan Beck and Jake McCarthy should combine for 25 dingers. Catcher Hunter Goodman returns as a slugging All-Star and, in an ideal world, top prospect Charlie Condon is hitting No. 2 in the lineup by July. It is fine if you don’t give the Rockies the benefit of the doubt. They betrayed fans’ trust and loyalty for far too long. They will have to improve by 20 wins to avoid becoming only the second team to lose 100 games in four straight seasons, joining the Washington Senators . The starting pitching and the hitting have not been the only problems since 2023. 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