When a franchise loses 100 games in three consecutive seasons, it gets no benefit of the doubt. But in hiring Paul DePodesta as president of baseball ops and, on Wednesday, GM Josh Byrnes, the culture has shifted.

With the Rockies, Josh Byrnes will work under Paul DePodesta, Colorado’s new president of baseball operations.

Schmidt comes to Colorado after more than 14 years working in the Cleveland Guardians front office.

Until the Rockies become adept at draft and development, it does not matter who is filling out the lineup card.

Warren Schaeffer and Paul DePodesta talked a lot about the Rockies’ future on Wednesday morning. Communication, leadership, culture, process and collaboration were their recurring buzzwords and themes.

As Dave Veres chatted with Dick Monfort, he told the Rockies boss that while his approach was about science, it wasn’t the rocket variety. And, more to the point, that it could be easily applied to Rockies pitchers at every level of the organization.