Purple Row After Dark: It’s been a year. Grade Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer

“I certainly explored the idea [of exploring other managerial candidates],” he told the media. “I thought it was important to do that and talk to a lot of people about different potential candidates, but ultimately, this is where I landed. And it was pretty quick. I mean, I would say even a week in with the number of people that I had spoken to, both in the organization and outside the organization, about ‘Schaeff’ it became pretty clear to me that this was a good direction to go.” Whether or not this was the right decision was a subject we’ve written about a lot (see , , , , and , for example). Despite the change, the Rockies still finished 2025 with a historically bad 43-119, and while they are better in 2026, many of the problems remain. So, Purple Row Night Owls, here’s the question: How would you grade Warren Schaeffer’s first year as the Rockies manager? Let us know in the comments!