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Paul DePodesta came prepared with more than remarks.

The Colorado Rockies president of baseball operations offered a grin and then a joke and then a laugh. Why not? He鈥檚 eager to see what kind of stamina he has; or how much is still there.

The 53-year-old remembers how long a season can be. The spring training. The games. The travel. The scouting. The deadlines. The hours. 

But recollections 鈥� after spending the past decade working for the NFL鈥檚 Cleveland Browns 鈥� and actually experiencing all those things aren鈥檛 the same. DePodesta knows that. He鈥檚 still excited by all of it.

鈥淚t鈥檚 been really good to be back,鈥� DePodesta said Thursday. 鈥淣ot only in the big league stuff, but the minor league stuff and some of the amateur scouting stuff. 鈥� Looking forward to getting through the calendar, at least one full time, and I think it鈥檒l slow down for us.鈥�

But right now? Well, there isn鈥檛 any time to stop. There鈥檚 too much to do and too much to see. Players, coaches, farm system coordinators. There are already plans to log plenty of miles. And not just in terms of altitude.

Along with the Rockies鈥� base in Denver, there have been 鈥� and will be 鈥� trips to Albuquerque, where DePodesta was on hand Thursday to see the Isotopes rally for a 9-5 comeback win over Oklahoma City. A day game that saw Vimael Mach铆n drive in three runs, reach base three times and score twice, Blaine Crim hit a game-tying single in the seventh and Adael Amador knock a season-high three hits, including the go-ahead single in the eighth.

Along with Albuquerque, DePodesta is planning visits to Connecticut, Washington state, California, Arizona and even Boca Chica in the Dominican Republic to see the organizations鈥� other farm system teams.

It鈥檚 part of the rebuild DePodesta, the man who rose to prominence during the Oakland Athletics鈥� Moneyball era, has been put in charge of to align the Rockies with Denver鈥檚 other major professional teams.

It鈥檚 a large task, and a difficult one. 

While the Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche have each won a championship in the past five years, and the Denver Broncos were on the cusp of a Super Bowl appearance this past season, the Rockies have been stuck in a quagmire. One Colorado seems unable to get out of. 

All this comes while playing home games a mile above sea level and in the same division as the free-spending Dodgers 鈥� according to the MLB commissioner鈥檚 office, the Dodgers spent a record $515 million in its World Series-winning 2025 season 鈥� as well as the San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks, each of whom have had spurts of success. 

DePodesta has his work cut out for him as he takes over a franchise that seems to have plenty of drawbacks and certainly detractors. The Rockies, after all, had the worst run differential (-424) and starting pitcher ERA (6.65) in the majors last season.

The Rockies are coming off three straight 100-loss seasons. Last year鈥檚 119 tied the 2003 Detroit Tigers for the third most in the modern era. In its 33 years of existence, the franchise has pulled together three consecutive winning seasons only one time: 1995-97.

鈥淚 think we have to be ourselves,鈥� DePodesta said. 鈥淚f you look at those different situations around our division, they鈥檝e all done it a little differently and yet, they鈥檝e all been pretty successful teams. We have to focus on ourselves ultimately. 

鈥溾�� But there are things that we鈥檙e going to have to do that will be unique to Denver, unique to playing in altitude, that will ultimately help us be successful.鈥�

How quickly that uniqueness comes to fruition, or what it will look like will be determined by the 鈥済roundwork鈥� DePodesta is trying to set. Really, it鈥檚 a philosophy that sees the entirety of the organization moving in a singular direction no matter the level, no matter the players, no matter the coaches.

In other words, everything is intertwined and needs to be treated as such. It certainly couldn鈥檛 hurt to try and the Rockies don鈥檛 have a lot to lose.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 actually what we want it to be is one organization, from the big leagues down to the Dominican, and even into all of our scouting operations,鈥� said DePodesta, who views a big league roster as 50 to 60 players deep. 鈥淲e鈥檙e really looking for it to be a unified operation. So the way we do things in Denver is going to be the way we do things in Albuquerque and the way we鈥檙e going to do in Boca Chica. And that鈥檚 something I think is really important for us to try to get right.鈥�

It鈥檚 why the trips to the various minor league affiliates 鈥� like he did with Albuquerque on Thursday 鈥� to check on things and communicate has been and will continue to be important. 

The Rockies know something different needs to happen. DePodesta just needs to see it through. It鈥檚 just a matter of how quickly all that past stamina comes back. 

Oh, and how quickly the tangible results present themselves in Denver.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 what everybody鈥檚 after is trying to find good young players,鈥� DePodesta said. 鈥淭hose are foundational players for the organization. We feel like we have that opportunity here with some of the players we have coming through the system, even with some of the players already in Denver. But we still need to actually make that happen.鈥�

David Glovach covers New Mexico 近距离内射合集 and other sports for the Journal. Reach him at dglovach@abqjournal.com or via X