The Colorado Rockies have fired long-time supervisor Bud Black, the membership introduced on Sunday. Black, 67, had managed the Rockies for the reason that begin of the 2017 season. He’ll get replaced on an interim foundation by third-base coach Warren Schaeffer, who will handle the staff via the tip of the present season. The choice to fireplace Black comes mere hours after normal supervisor Invoice Schmidt appeared to offer Black a vote of confidence.
The Rockies additionally introduced that Mike Redmond has been dismissed as bench coach and changed on an interim foundation by hitting coach Clint Hurdle. Hurdle beforehand managed the Rockies from 2002 to 2009.
The transfer comes after a disastrous 6-33 begin to the 2025 season for the Rockies, which was tied for the worst 39-game begin in MLB historical past, per CBS Sports activities analysis. Sunday’s win over the San Diego Padres put the Rockies at 7-33 for the 12 months and on tempo for a file 134 losses this season. Over the primary 42 video games of the season, the Rockies have been out-scored by 128 runs. On Saturday, the Rockies suffered a franchise-worst 21-0 loss to the Padres.
Black ends his Colorado tenure with an general file of 544-690 (.441). The Rockies made the postseason in every of Black’s first two seasons as supervisor, however since then they’ve endured six straight dropping seasons and are nearly assured to stretch that streak to seven straight this 12 months. The Rockies are additionally on course for a 3rd straight season of at the very least 100 losses.
“Our play thus far this season, particularly coming off the final two seasons, has been unacceptable. Our followers deserve higher, and we’re able to higher,” Rockies proprietor and CEO Dick Monfort stated in a press release launched by the staff. “Whereas all of us share duty in how this season has performed out, these modifications are obligatory. We’ll use the rest of 2025 to enhance the place we will on the sector and to guage all areas of our operation so we will correctly flip the web page into the following chapter of Rockies baseball.
“I wish to thank Bud Black and Mike Redmond for his or her contributions to the group throughout their eight years right here. I admire their laborious work and dedication and want them nothing however one of the best going ahead.”
General, Black, who additionally managed the Padres, is 1,193-1,403 over elements of 18 seasons as an MLB supervisor. Schaeffer, 40, labored as a supervisor for a number of Colorado minor-league associates earlier than becoming a member of Black’s workers with the Rockies forward of the 2023 season. Now the interim supervisor, he’ll work alongside Hurdle.
“I imagine that Warren is the fitting individual to guide us ahead for the rest of this season, develop our younger expertise on the Main League degree and get our membership again to enjoying a greater model of baseball,” Schmidt stated of Schaeffer in that assertion. “He has an amazing skill to attach with each veterans and younger gamers and is a superb communicator. Clint will stay targeted on serving to our gamers offensively and can proceed to help Warren and our gamers as an skilled voice inside our clubhouse.”
