Sources: Rockies to hire DePodesta to run baseball operations

[Auggie]

The Colorado Rockies are finalizing a deal to hire Paul DePodesta to run their baseball operations department, sources told ESPN, turning to the longtime executive to overhaul a stagnant organization coming off a 119-loss season.

DePodesta, 52, will leave the Cleveland Browns, where he has spent the past decade as chief strategy officer, and return to baseball, where he was a key figure in the "Moneyball"-era Oakland A's and later ran the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Browns have posted two winning seasons and a 56-99-1 record since DePodesta's arrival.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46873894/sources-rockies-hire-depodesta-run-baseball-operations

I guess Cleveland football isn't DePodesta's thing.

[Xavier Breath]

1. He sure has his work cut out for him.

Congrats to him on making it over the wall.

[Bristlecone]

2. What a completely shitty hire. As to be expected by "Don't give an F" Monfort

The Browns are a testament in shitty strategy over the last 10 years. He’ll fit right in with the worst team in baseball.