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On Monday the Jeff Bridich era officially concluded in Colorado. The abrupt announcement just one month into the season leaves the club with a general manager vacancy to fill in the front office. Darren Gonzalez recently wrote about the new era facing the Rockies and how significant deviation from the previous formula is sorely needed. Greg Feasel has been promoted to the role of President, the first step in the process, but his day-to-day baseball operations experience is not robust. Internal candidates such as director of scouting Bill Schmidt or assistant general managers Zack Rosenthal an...

Colorado Rockies name Bill Schmidt interim GM, will conduct broader search in offseason DENVER -- The Colorado Rockies have appointed Bill Schmidt as their interim general manager after parting ways with Jeff Bridich. Schmidt has been with the team for nearly 22 years and has been in his current role of vice president of scouting since Jan. 2, 2007. Schmidt also was a scout for Cleveland, the New York Yankees, Cincinnati and the Major League Baseball scouting bureau. Colorado plans to begin a search for a permanent general manager following the postseason. Schmidt takes over for Bridich, who ...

Rockies name Bill Schmidt, vice president of scouting, as interim GM By The Athletic Staff 4 Comments The Colorado Rockies named vice president of scouting Bill Schmidt as their interim general manager for the remainder of the season, the club announced Monday. Schmidt enters his new position with over 30 years of scouting experience, including 21 years working for the Rockies and 13 as vice president of scouting for the club. Prior to that, he also scouted for the Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds and the MLB Scouting Bureau. "After discussions with the baseball departmen...

In case you missed it, the Rockies had a major shakeup in the front office this week. In a stunning move, General Manager Jeff Bridich stepped down from his role with the team and Greg Feasel was named the Club President, with an interim GM planned to be named for the rest of the season. Many took to Twitter to share their thoughts on the latest revelation in the Rockies’ soap opera season, and while I can’t share all of the fantastic reactions, I will be sharing several that got a quality chortle out of me. Celebrate good times, come on!

So, what’s the plan? Words fail to capture my relief that Jeff Bridich is no longer calling the shots for the Rockies. Hopefully, the era of paying sub-par free agents who are past their prime big bucks is over. Hopefully, the era of treating superstars like garbage (see Troy Tulowitzki and Nolan Arenado) or not recognizing them (DJ LaMahieu) is over. And one can only hope the condescending attitude that the front office knows best and should not be questioned is over. The only problem is that with the Rockies front office, it’s hard to differentiate anyone’s decisions from Dick Monfort...