Rockies president Greg Feasel to step down with team headed toward historically awful season
The Bad News Bears … err, Rockies … have this executive fleeing for the exit.
Colorado president and COO Greg Feasel is stepping down at the end of the 2025 season, the team announced Thursday, as the 18-62 club heads toward the worst season in MLB history.
Feasel, 66, has been with the franchise since 1995.
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Greg Feasel before a Rockies-Yankees game in May 2025.
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He said in a press release he had been discussing this move with owner Dick Monfort for several years and called it 'bittersweet.'
The Rockies are also shifting former vice president of corporate partnerships Walker Monfort into the club's executive vice president position beginning in 2026.
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'It has been a privilege to work for this franchise over the last 30 years, and I'm incredibly grateful to Dick for the opportunity to help guide and grow the Colorado Rockies,' Feasel said in the statement.
The 2025 season concludes three decades for Feasel with the NL West squad, having been promoted to COO in 2010 and team president in 2021.
Oh, the Rockies are quite bad.
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The Rockies have enjoyed some highs during his tenure, including the team's lone run to the World Series in 2007 that ended in a sweep by the Red Sox.
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Colorado made the playoffs five times in these 30 years, most recently in back-to-back seasons in 2017 and 2018.
But the franchise has been largely uncompetitive in recent years.
As the Dodgers have turned into a superpower, the Rockies since 2019 have finished 35, 17 (Covid-shortened year), 32 1/2, 43, 41 and 37 games back in the division, respectively.
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They are 31 1/2 games back this year, which, somehow, would be an improvement.
The Rockies are on pace to go 37-125 this season, which would break the modern era record for losses.
The White Sox established the new dubious record last season when they went 42-120.
'Greg has been a pillar of the organization since it earliest days,' Dick said in the release. 'His leadership and vision helped shape not only the Colorado Rockies organization, but the entire baseball community throughout the Rocky Mountain region. He has been instrumental in our many successes over the years and has been a strong and steady presence throughout the past three decades.'
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