Once a slick-fielding shortstop with power at the plate, Warren Schaeffer continues to pass down his baseball knowledge to aspiring minor-leaguers — perhaps while climbing a different ladder to the big leagues.
The former Greensburg Central Catholic star has been named manager of the Albuquerque Isotopes, the Class-AAA affiliate of the Colorado Rockies.
Albuquerque plays in the Pacific Coast League.
The Isotopes are thrilled to announce Warren Schaeffer as our new manager!
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— Albuquerque Isotopes (@ABQTopes) December 17, 2019
Schaeffer, 34, has spent seven seasons in the Rockies’ organization, most recently as the manager of the Class-AA Hartford Yard Goats for two years.
The Vandergrift native also managed the Class-A Asheville Tourists from 2015-17 and guided the team to the South Atlantic League Championship Series.
He is 344-347 in five seasons in the minors.
A former minor-leaguer himself, Schaeffer played six seasons, all with Colorado, who drafted him in the 38th round in 2007, before retiring at 28.
He reached Class-AAA briefly but did not play at that level.
The Virginia Tech graduate who helped lead GCC to a PIAA Class A title in 2002, began his coaching career in 2013 as a hitting instructor with Tri-City Dust Devils of the short-season Northwest League.
Schaeffer and his wife, Callie, and their two children, Beauman and Emerson, live in Asheville, N.C.
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— Albuquerque Isotopes (@ABQTopes) December 17, 2019
