Keeping with owner Dick Monfort’s blueprint, the Rockies latest big front-office change came in-house. And this time, change also came from within the family.
Sterling Monfort, 30, the owner’s youngest son, has been promoted to director of professional scouting. Sterling, who was serving as the assistant director of scouting operations on the amateur side, officially took over his new post Jan. 1.
“Sterling’s very qualified,” Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt said. “He’s become a very good scout and he’s earned this.”
Perhaps, but it’s quite a leap up the ladder.
Sterling began working with the Rockies in 2014 as a scout and was promoted to assistant director of scouting operations in 2018, working on the amateur side of the game.