Who will be next man up to manage the Colorado Rockies?

After mulling over an offer to return as Rockies manager for 48 hours, Jim Tracy decided Sunday he was no longer the “right man for the job.”

So, the Rockies are conducting their first managerial search since Jim Leyland resigned in 1999. Both Clint Hurdle and Tracy took over during the season.

Denver Post Rockies beat writer Troy E. Renck looks at an early list of potential replacements, with bench coach Tom Runnells and Triple-A manager Stu Cole of Colorado Springs confirmed as in-house candidates.

No other potential candidate has yet been identified.

Read more here about potential candidates.

Troy Tulowitzki rounds the bases while blowing a bubble gum bubble and is congratulated by Sky Sox manager Stu Cole after he hit a home run in his first at-bat in the game. Tulowitzki was rehabbing with the Sky Sox and left after three innings on Wednesday, June 12, 2012. (Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette) Photo by