General manager Bill Schmidt , the longtime overseer of the Rockies ‘ “draft-and-develop” philosophy, resigned on Wednesday following the worst season in franchise history, the team announced .

Historically bad starting pitching, an anemic offense for the first half of the season, and an overdependence on several untested young players led to disaster this season.

The Rockies have begun an external search for a new head of baseball operations.

The roster constructed by the 65-year-old Schmidt produced a 43-119 record and minus-424 run differential, by far the worst in baseball’s modern era. Colorado’s 119 defeats tied the 2003 Tigers for the third-most losses. Only the 1962 Mets (120) and 2024 White Sox (121) lost more games.

This season’s failures followed the Rockies’ first t

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