In the first game of the Warren Schaeffer era, Chase Dollander dazzled like the ace he’s proclaimed to be. But alas, the end result was the same for the team on pace to be MLB’s worst

Colorado Rockies third base coach/infield coach Warren Schaeffer (center) is the second former Virginia Tech baseball player to become an MLB manager.

The Colorado Rockies are off to a 7-33 start, one of the worst in major league history. That led to the firing Sunday of manager Bud Black.

Schaeffer, drafted by the Rockies in the 38th round of the 2007 draft out of Virginia Tech, was a utility infielder in the minors, playing 459 games over six seasons. He made it as high as Triple-A but never played in the majors.

Both drafted by the Colorado Rockies in 2007, friends Warren Schaeffer (interim manager) and Jordan Pacheco (hitting coach) are together at last with the big league team.

Wyatt Langford hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning for Texas to end a no-hit bid by the Colorado Rockies in their first game after manager Bud Black was fired.

Before the coaching staff news, the Rockies snapped an eight-game losing streak by beating the San Diego Padres 9-3. It was their third losing streak of eight games this season, and one of four in all of MLB in 2025 (the Chicago White Sox holds the other).