Bamboo theory. Of course. Right. Bamboo theory.
Wait … wait?
I’m not going to lie, when I first heard the analogy, I rolled my eyes. All I could think of was how the Rockies weren’t making any moves and the general manager was referring to a plant native to East and Southeast Asia. How could it have anything to do with the Rockies and cultivating a winning organization that can compete with the serious-spending Padres, Giants, and Dodgers, not to mention the strong-prospect-toting Diamondbacks?
When Rockies GM Bill Schmidt was talking to MLB Network at the Winter Meetings last week, former Rockies GM Dan O’Dowd asked Schmidt about transitioning from a scout to scouting director GM and what’s changed.