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Paul DePodesta will leave the Cleveland Browns to lead the Colorado Rockies’ baseball operations, sources said, ending 10 turbulent seasons as the Browns’ chief strategy officer. The former Dodgers GM, portrayed in Moneyball, steps into a franchise criticized for insularity after seven straight losing seasons and a major league-worst 43-119 finish in 2025. He has agreed to retain some staff and is expected to add his own, with the hire arriving just before the GM meetings in Las Vegas. In Cleveland, his tenure ranged from draft-driven gains to the crippling Deshaun Watson trade and recent on-field slides.

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