At least we have past glory unlike some other franchises from up northwest
***** Official Houston Astros 2026-27 Off Season Thread *****
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Has Bagwell's status changed regarding his role? Seems like a lot of posts about him here lately.
.BCEDAg said:
Boone does fight for his players much more than an Astros manager that just got canned.
Lotta good that's done him in the postseason.
Ag_07 said:
I'd love to see Aaron Boone in our dugout.
He's their Mike Tomlin, except without the championship.
scd88 said:
Has Bagwell's status changed regarding his role? Seems like a lot of posts about him here lately.
He was officially described by the team as Senior Advisor to Crane around the time Dana was let go, and in the absence of a new GM and now with the manager and most of the other coaches and staff gone, it is assumed he is the one with the most influence on Crane's decisions right now.
Gotcha. Thanks.
Milwaukee Brewers assistant GM Matt Kleine, who has been with the Brewers organization since 2007, has emerged as a serious candidate for the Houston Astros' GM vacancy.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) October 20, 2026
Nah too analytical. Doesn't have any back of the baseball card stats
This would be overwhelmingly positive
I don't see how hard it would be to convince Crane with
"Here is what you've done with Bagwell... and here's what the Brewers and Rays have done with their philosophy."
"Here is what you've done with Bagwell... and here's what the Brewers and Rays have done with their philosophy."
Reddit says Kleine had a short stint as an Astros' media relations guy a a college intern in 2007.
He may be right - but I take anything Bob reports with a grain of salt. I know who he gets his Houston info from and I wouldn't consider it an extremely close source.
Definitely not ruling this out though. Would be interesting.
Definitely not ruling this out though. Would be interesting.
redline248 said:
I don't see how hard it would be to convince Crane with
"Here is what you've done with Bagwell... and here's what the Brewers and Rays have done with their philosophy."
Should be as easy as "here is your team on analytics" and "here is your team on Bagwell".
texasaggie2015 said:
He may be right - but I take anything Bob reports with a grain of salt. I know who he gets his Houston info from and I wouldn't consider it an extremely close source.
Definitely not ruling this out though. Would be interesting.
Any other names of interest you are hearing?
You hearing anything about the state of the org, how things shook out towards the end of the season, and how they plan to get out of this mess?
Not really. Not a lot of optimism though.
linkdude said:
At least we have past glory unlike some other franchises from up northwest
Those milquetoast wanna-be's are going to do just fine with "no fire" Joe at the helm.
E said:Milwaukee Brewers assistant GM Matt Kleine, who has been with the Brewers organization since 2007, has emerged as a serious candidate for the Houston Astros' GM vacancy.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) October 20, 2026
This seems like a nice option. I am not sure we're going to be able to land someone like this with Crane, but then again there are only 30 of these jobs.
If this is true, I like it. It might signal a switch back to the roots of Astros baseball when Crane bought the team.
Or it's just another patsy for them to ignore so they can do whatever they want
All timer
Seven years ago today, Jose Altuve sent the Astros to the World Series with a walk-off home run against Aroldis Chapman pic.twitter.com/TtuLXcLc7X
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 19, 2026
Dream scenario happening.
— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) October 20, 2026
Kleine has been with the Brewers since 2007. A very impressive resume and has helped build the current WS team.
He's been over baseball operations for years, knows contracts and scouting.
Interned with the Astros and also interned for Baseball… https://t.co/qJzJWh3ie4 pic.twitter.com/dm1w81dZ1i
Unless Cranewell (my slang for the brain trust, feel free to use it), gives any GM the actual keys to the car, how much is it really going to matter?
I'm hopeful, but I was hopeful for Dana Brown as well. He concocted one of the most one-sided deals in history getting rid of Tucker, but everything else?
I'm hopeful, but I was hopeful for Dana Brown as well. He concocted one of the most one-sided deals in history getting rid of Tucker, but everything else?
It's kind of fascinating that after "winning" the Tucker trade it seems like Dana got less leash rather than more. Meanwhile after Cranewell made their second consecutive dumbass old 1B signing they collectively thought to themselves, "Oh yeah, we got this *****"
MaxPower said:
It's kind of fascinating that after "winning" the Tucker trade it seems like Dana got less leash rather than more. Meanwhile after Cranewell made their second consecutive dumbass old 1B signing they collectively thought to themselves, "Oh yeah, we got this *****"
I just think back to all the godawful solutions they kept throwing out in the OF - random guys called up, given 3 days, then vanish forever or street free agent signings.
It's like something an NFL team would have been doing in the late 70s when they had a bunch of injuries and nobody to play.
Not a MLB team that is supposedly a contender. The idea of calling up a prospect and playing him every day for a couple of weeks to see how he fit the position seems like it doesn't exist. Think how many of us figured Zach Cole was any everyday OF to start 2026!
21 seasons after he caught the final out to clinch the Astros' first trip to the World Series, Jason Lane is headed back to the Fall Classic as a coach with the Brewers.
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) October 20, 2026
“It’s a very similar feeling to '05."https://t.co/TpBwZD3sG6
Hopefully, for Brewers fans, it's not that similar.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7708292/2026/10/20/astros-general-manager-candidates/
Don't want the cardinals guy
Quote:
Longtime Milwaukee Brewers executive Matt Kleine, Chicago White Sox assistant general manager Josh Barfield and St. Louis Cardinals assistant general manager Randy Flores are among the candidates who have drawn serious interest from the Astros, according to multiple sources.
Don't want the cardinals guy
My grandma taught Josh Barfield in elementary school!
wehnerhigh20 said:
My grandma taught Josh Barfield in elementary school!
I coached HS ball against him many moons ago.
NEW VIDEO: Milwaukee Brewers assistant general manager Matt Kleine walks the red carpet with #Astros owner Jim Crane at last week's Houston Sports Hall of Fame event.
— Jason Bristol (@JBristolKHOU) October 20, 2026
Kleine is reportedly a candidate to be the next GM of the #Astros. pic.twitter.com/vE1ZOUxhps
The Astros are hiring Spencer Medick as their new director of pitching, sources tell @TheAthletic. Medick, a former Driveline employee, worked in the New York Yankees system for the past four years. He spent last season as their Triple-A pitching coach.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) October 20, 2026
linkdude said:The Astros are hiring Spencer Medick as their new director of pitching, sources tell @TheAthletic. Medick, a former Driveline employee, worked in the New York Yankees system for the past four years. He spent last season as their Triple-A pitching coach.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) October 20, 2026
That is a tough last name to go through life with.
So I'm assuming this is our new GM and we're just waiting to announce?
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