ORLANDO, Fla. — Warren Schaeffer is optimistic by nature. Monday afternoon, he was exponentially optimistic.

Colorado’s 40-year-old manager, having shed his interim tag, now gets a fresh start. He’s joined Paul DePodesta, the new president of baseball operations, along with Josh Byrnes, the new general manager , in an effort to raise the Rockies from the ashes of their 119-loss season.

Schaeffer will organize spring training 2026 his way.

“I’m through the roof about it,” he said. “This is something you look forward to for a long time. The process that we’re in right now, building a staff, is something that I’ve been wanting to do for a very, very long time.

“Getting a bunch of guys on the same page, pulling the same way, looking to develop the same mindset with these players. … We’ll

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