The Rockies announced that they are immediately beginning an “external search” for a new head of their baseball operations on Wednesday, while announcing that Bill Schmidt has stepped down from the general manager post that he has held since 2021.

Bill Schmidt’s long tenure with the Colorado Rockies ended on Wednesday. Now, the search is on for a new head of baseball operations.

The Rockies parted ways with general manager Bill Schmidt on Wednesday. That leaves them with an opportunity to finally turn things around.

The Rockies are going outside the organization for their new GM, but it could lead them back to a former employee. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.

The Rockies will now commence a search for a new general manager, coinciding with a managerial search as well. Colorado fired Bud Black in May after going 7-33 through the team's first 40 games. Warren Schaeffer took over as the interim manager and went 36-80 the rest of the season.

The Colorado Rockies announced Wednesday that the team’s General Manager Bill Schmidt had stepped down from his role.

• The previous modern record for worst run differential was minus-349, by the 1932 Boston Red Sox. That one held up for 92 years. Then these Rockies blew past it by 75 runs. That’s the equivalent of Aaron Judge or Cal Raleigh breaking Barry Bonds’ single-season MLB home run record (of 73) by hitting 89.

It's the offseason, so the Colorado Rockies can put the disastrous 2025 season behind them and not linger on it.

Will the Colorado Rockies buck their tradition and look outside the organization for their next GM or president of baseball operations?