The Rockies’ Paul DePodesta era has begun.

DePodesta, a longtime Major League Baseball and NFL executive, was officially named the club’s president of baseball operations on Friday morning. The club will add additional front-office staff from outside the organization to work under Podesta, who will most likely hire a general manager.

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The Rockies’ search was led by executive vice president Walker Monfort and his father, Dick, the team’s owner and CEO.

“Today is an exciting day for the Rockies organization as we welcome Paul as our new president of baseball operations,” Dick Monfort said in a statement. “Paul was the very first person we interviewed, and throughout our conversations with him, W

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