Rockies beefing up research and development staff

Statcast of the Day: Statcast measures the exit velocity and projected distance of Nolan Arenado's 444-ft home runDENVER -- To keep up with the increase in advanced information, the Rockies are expanding their baseball research and development staff by three, assistant general manager Zack Rosenthal said.

The club is going through applicants for three jobs in baseball research and development: web developer, baseball systems developer and analyst. The deadline for applications was Sunday.

The Rockies, who are also seeking a new manager and mostly new coaching staff, are working quickly to complete what is an expansion of what is becoming a research and development staff. Rosenthal said it…