Colorado Rockies fans long for the days when their team was just bad. They have been unspeakably dreadful for some time now, setting a new franchise-loss record in each of the last three years. A 43-win campaign launched the organization into an unavoidable period of serious self-reflection. Ownership did not just initiate a change in management structure . There is hope that an actual philosophical transformation is underway in Denver.

New president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta and new general manager Josh Byrnes unveiled their joint plan for the future, namely as it relates to the Rockies' perennially inept pitching staff. A high altitude makes it difficult to develop hurlers or attract established ones in free agency. An overall conservative spending approach only compoun

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