Several current Rockies players, including two-time Gold Glove center fielder Brenton Doyle, Gold Glove shortstop Ezequiel Tovar, and reserve outfielder Sean Bouchard, played under Schaeffer at Triple-A Albuquerque. Schaeffer received glowing reviews.

The Colorado Rockies are off to a 7-33 start, one of the worst in major league history. That led to the firing Sunday of manager Bud Black.

Colorado Rockies third base coach/infield coach Warren Schaeffer (center) is the second former Virginia Tech baseball player to become an MLB manager.

In the first game of the Warren Schaeffer era, Chase Dollander dazzled like the ace he’s proclaimed to be. But alas, the end result was the same for the team on pace to be MLB’s worst

The Colorado Rockies’ firing of longtime manager Bud Black means a former WPIAL product will try to get the club back on track. Warren Schaeffer, a native of Vandergrift and a Greensburg Central Catholic alum,

Wyatt Langford hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning for Texas to end a no-hit bid by the Colorado Rockies in their first game after manager Bud Black was fired.