We baseball writers are a cynical bunch. That probably stems from long workdays, 162-game schedules, and too many nothing-burger quotes from multi-million-dollar athletes.

So, call me surprised when, at last week’s winter meetings in Orlando, several fellow scribes approached me to talk about the Rockies in a semi-positive way. The common theme? “At least they’re doing something different!”

Under the guidance of executive vice president Walker Monfort, Colorado hired Paul DePodesta as the president of baseball operations and Josh Byrnes as general manager. Owner Dick Monfort is no longer steering the Rockies’ future.

There is, genuinely, a fresh outlook taking hold in LoDo. Talking with DePodesta, Byrnes, and manager Warren Schaeffer, it was tempting to let optimism override my cynicism

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