Schmidt comes to Colorado after more than 14 years working in the Cleveland Guardians front office.

Until the Rockies become adept at draft and development, it does not matter who is filling out the lineup card.

Warren Schaeffer and Paul DePodesta talked a lot about the Rockies’ future on Wednesday morning. Communication, leadership, culture, process and collaboration were their recurring buzzwords and themes.

As Dave Veres chatted with Dick Monfort, he told the Rockies boss that while his approach was about science, it wasn’t the rocket variety. And, more to the point, that it could be easily applied to Rockies pitchers at every level of the organization.

Warren Schaeffer is getting his shot to help turn around the Rockies.

ESPN and Major League Baseball appeared headed for an ugly separation after the network opted out of its rights deal in February.