Paul DePodesta named Rockies’ president of baseball operations

The Rockies Paul DePodesta era has begun Podesta a longtime Major League Baseball and NFL executive was officially named the club s president of baseball operations on Friday morning The club will add additional front-office staff from outside the organization to work under Podesta who will bulk likely hire a general manager RELATED Who is Paul DePodesta What to know about Rockies new head of baseball operations The Rockies search was led by executive vice president Walker Monfort and his father Dick the squad s owner and CEO Currently is an exciting day for the Rockies organization as we welcome Paul as our new president of baseball operations Dick Monfort noted in a message Paul was the very first person we interviewed and throughout our conversations with him Walker and I were both intrigued by his understanding of the meeting his positive attitude his process-based mindset and his influence on the tournament This is a special guy with great vision and a great plan He is a winner and he is going to win in Colorado DePodesta is leaving the NFL s Cleveland Browns where he has spent the past decade as chief strategy officer and returning to MLB DePodesta s baseball experience includes serving as a front office assistant for the Cleveland Indians Guardians Oakland Athletics during their Moneyball era and New York Mets He was also the general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers for the - seasons I have invariably kept my eye on baseball and this is an incredible opportunity to help make an impact in the next chapter of the Rockies DePodesta noted in a message Building a consistent winner here is a shared goal and one that I am eager to embrace alongside Rockies leaders staff players and fans I am ready for the challenge and excited to get started promptly Walker Monfort called DePodesta s hire a first step for a organization coming off three consectutive l -loss seasons culminating in a -loss season in Paul s previous work in MLB set the foundation for numerous aspects of the way the meeting is analyzed nowadays and we are thrilled for him to be a key figure in our future Walker Monfort announced Hiring Paul is an essential first step to the evolution of our baseball department and we re confident that he will not only maximize our current personnel but will also bring in additional leaders from outside the organization to help lead us forward Related Articles Hunter Goodman wins Silver Slugger as first Rockies catcher to nab the award Who is Paul DePodesta What to know about Rockies new head of baseball operations Paul DePodesta to be named Rockies head of baseball operations source says Rockies Journal Front-office search offers inadequate answers plenty of speculation Thairo Estrada s million option for declined by Rockies With the Browns DePodesta was tasked with implementing systems while working across the organization including with ownership the front office coaching staff player personnel staff and analytics gang A native of Alexandria Va DePodesta graduated cum laude from Harvard in with a degree in economics while playing both baseball and football for the Crimson DePodesta will begin his work with the Rockies at the general managers meetings in Las Vegas on Monday Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis