Rockies beefing up research and development staff

DENVER — 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 doesn’t mean the club will be run by soulless computers; it’s just another way to seek a competitive advantage through research.

“There is a huge proliferation of data out there,” Rosenthal said. “With TrackMan and Statcast™ , that’s really a lot of information, and there will be a lot more. Obviously, we need a lot more people to handle it. It’s that simple. There’s a lot more to do.

“We’re always looking for ways to get better, and we are looking for smart people to help us do that.”

Rosenthal, who holds a doctor of law degree from Boston University, supervises the group that will look at the various ways to help with information. In a hands-on sense, Trevor Patch, as manager of baseball analytics, has been working with Jamie Hollowell, a baseball data architect, and Domenic …

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