Paul DePodesta close to becoming Rockies' front office boss, source says

Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post on Nov 6, 2025

Published in Baseball

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DENVER — Longtime baseball and NFL executive Paul DePodesta is “in deep discussions” and close to becoming the next head of the Rockies’ baseball operations, a team source told The Denver Post on Thursday.

The deal has not been finalized yet, but it could be soon. The Rockies are likely to announce the decision officially on Friday. DePodesta has been part of the Rockies’ hiring process during their entire search and has interviewed with the team at its offices at 20th and Blake, the source told The Post.

Additional front office hires may be in the works, including the potential hiring of a general manager to serve under DePodesta.

DePodesta, 53, was the analytics whiz depicted by Jonah Hill in the movie “Moneyball.” He spent the last 10 seasons as the Cleveland Browns’ chief strategy officer. The Browns are 56-99-1 since hiring DePodesta in January 2016.

The Rockies are coming off a 119-loss season and have not posted a winning season since making the playoffs as a wild-card team in 2018. Owner Dick Monfort and his son Walker, the executive vice president, said the club would look outside the organization for its top baseball executive.

Their two previous finalists for the job, Arizona Diamondbacks assistant general manager Amiel Sawdaye and Cleveland Guardians assistant GM Matt Forman, held in-person interviews with the Monforts over the last week, but neither man got the job.

The Rockies parted ways with GM Bill Schmidt on Oct. 1. Schmidt, who had been the club’s GM since early in the 2021 season, oversaw a team that lost 100-plus games in each of the last three seasons.

DePodesta previously served as a front office assistant for the Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics and New York Mets. DePodesta was also general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. That was his highest-ranking position in baseball. He assumed the job in February 2004, and he was fired in October 2005 after the franchise went 164-160 over his two seasons.