LAS VEGAS — Paul DePodesta , the newly hired architect of the Rockies’ rebuild, has been mulling over his plans for more than a month. That’s when he had his first phone conversation with owner Dick Monfort about taking the job as the team’s president of baseball operations.

Monday afternoon, in a suite at the Cosmopolitan Hotel on the Vegas Strip, the 52-year-old discussed why he pursued the job, and also laid out a basic framework of his plan to try to reverse the fortunes of a team that lost more than 100 games in three consecutive seasons, including a 119-loss debacle in 2025.

“I’ve used this phrase before, but I’m a bit of a sucker for a challenge,” DePodesta said with a laugh. “The reality is that’s usually the situation. That’s why these jobs become available.

“I have been

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