10:45am: The Rockies have announced the extension.
10:32am: The Rockies and manager Bud Black have agreed to a three-year contract extension that runs through the 2022 season, Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post reports. Black’s original three-year pact with Colorado ran spanned the 2017-19 seasons and included a 2020 club option.
Black, 61, enjoyed a 15-year playing career as a pitcher (primarily for the Royals, Giants and Indians) and spent nearly nine years as the manager of his now-division-rival Padres from 2007-15. After being dismissed in San Diego, Black was in a front-runner for the Nationals’ managerial post before the team’s offers to him were reported to be exceptionally low for a veteran manager. He instead spent a year as a senior advisor in the Angels’ front office before being hired by the Rockies in the 2016-17 offseason.
Black’s first two years with the Rockies have been a success, as he’s overseen a 178-147 record and made a pair of postseason appearances via Wild Card berths. While the Rockies were ousted by the Diamondbacks in the 2017 National League Wild Card Game, they topped the Cubs in the 2018 Wild Card and moved onto the National League Division Series. Their World Series aspirations were cut short in a decisive sweep at the hands of the Brewers, however. He’s finished third in National League Manager of the Year voting in each of his two seasons in Colorado.
Rockies pitchers have taken a step forward under Black, and while he surely isn’t the sole reason for that, Black’s 15-year pitching career and seven-year run as a highly respected pitching coach with the Angels surely is of benefit to a young Rockies pitching staff. With this new deal in place, that young pitching staff will have some continuity as it continues to make strides in pitching at the game’s most hitter-friendly venue. Continued success for Black, too, could eventually push his career managerial record north of .500; it currently sits at 649-713 after managing some underwhelming Padres rosters during some of the leanest seasons in that franchise’s history.
Stability seems to be the move in Colorado. Bud seems good for this team.
Great. Bud is a class guy and good at his job.
Bud Black turned down the nationals offer because it was too low for a veteran manager. Did they offer Dusty Baker around the same amount?
wow. a somewhat legible, discernable comment. I guess Adult Education classes really do work!
Oh, is that what you did after high school? No shame in that. Gotta get that GED somehow. I was fortunate enough to get good enough grades for a Californian university out of high school and eventually graduate with a degree but that’s no big deal. Lots of people accomplish that today.
It’s spelled discernible not discernable. How about you stop criticizing other people’s comments grammatically if you can’t be perfect yourself.
mlbtraderumors.com/2015/11/nationals-manager-dusty… . They gave Dusty less than half of his Cincinnati salary but more than they reportedly offered Bud. The Nationals are strangely cheap when it comes to managers lately, I’m guessing the organization doesn’t value managers and their affect on the game
They also don’t stay long. They’ve had like 7 different managers the last 10 seasons.
First off, this is a very smart move by the Rockies. Bud Black is a Class Act and a fine Manager.
The Nationals showed their true colors w just how poorly they handled Bud Black’s candidacy…If you aren’t represented by the BorAss Corporation, you you don’t have much standing…
As a Padres fan I got to know him very well during his tenure in SD and enjoyed him as a manager. He got the short end of the stick so glad things are working out in Colorado for him.
Good for Bud and good for the Rockies. He’s been somewhat under the radar, especially in San Diego where he usually had nothing to work with, but Bud is proving to be a solid manager.
Probably one of the most underrated managers in the majors
Buddy Black is the man!
Great job Colorado. Black is one of the best in the league and you have had 2 straight playoff appearances with him at the helm.
I remember liking him as a player back in the ‘80s. Nice when guys hang around the game a long time. Keep it up, Mr. Black.
Was a fan of the initial hiring, and am even more so of this extension.
Bud has been a great influence on the young pitching in particular, but the entire club as well.
Padre fans still thinks he sucks not brightest bunch
To be fair stupid fans in every city think their manager sucks eventually. I can’t think of a single manager that didn’t eventually feel the ire of the fanbase. Truly a “what have you done for me lately” position. See: late Red Sox tenure Francona, Joe Girardi, Joe Madden