The Rockies selected 6-foot-8 right-handed reliever RJ Petit from the Tigers with the first pick of the Rule 5 Draft.
Players selected in the Rule 5 Draft must remain on their new club’s active roster for the entire season or they will be placed on waivers.
Paul DePodesta is back in baseball after spending a decade in the Cleveland Browns front office!
The Rockies President of Baseball Ops joins #MLBTonight to discuss what enticed him about the opportunity and plans for the rest of the offseason.
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The Rockies are hiring Josh Byrnes as the team's new general manager according to multiple reports.
Byrnes has previously been the GM for the Padres and the Diamondbacks, and has been with the Dodgers as their senior vice president of baseball operations since 2014.