re: DAT Offseason Thread: Sorry Not Sorry. Still 2017 Champs.

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as how this whole coach and GM search is gone (firmly believe we should let GM hire the coach)

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I had reservations about that as well until I read this:

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Crane’s interview process is “a three- or four-pronged approach,” incorporating the team’s baseball operations department and other executives. Crane does the “preliminary and clean-up” portions of the evaluation.

“I had 10,000 people at one time. I’ve interviewed a lot of people. I think I know how to do that. You can always get better at it,” said Crane, the shipping mogul who built a business empire before purchasing a baseball team.

“I’ve learned from a long time that you learn a lot if four or five people talk to a key candidate. You get a lot more information. That’s the way we’ve been doing it.”

Crane acknowledged Friday that his new manager will inherit “most of, if not all” of Hinch’s coaching staff. Crane declined to speculate Friday whether Espada’s candidacy is affected by his role on the 2018 team — one Major League Baseball determined stole signs electronically.

“As I said, internally or externally, we have some good candidates,” Crane said. “I just want to get a feel for what other managers are doing and their skillsets and go through their resumes.”

At the same time, Crane is fielding calls about his general manager vacancy. Candidates for that position will also come to Houston next week, Crane said, though there is less urgency to make an immediate hire.

“Because that department is so deep — and I’ve interviewed all those guys and they’re pretty coordinated in key positions — I think I can keep an eye on that until we get to the next one,” Crane said.

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The front office baseball operations was a lot more than just Jeff Luhnow. And they are involved in the interview and hiring process of the next manager and GM.

Crane isn’t just acting like a stubborn owner and doing everything himself. He’s relying on the smart people in the front office to help him make the right choices. I’m telling you, Crane is doing it right. He’s a good executive.

No Houston reporters are saying anything...just Nightengale?

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Dusty Baker

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#CraneBall

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Dusty Baker

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:MichaelScottnogif:

Gonna be even funnier now when we knock NYY out of the postseason

To be fair, winning a bunch of games is a preferable outcome then you just hope we get lucky in postseason I guess

Dusty Baker is a joke. His real presence will be felt in the postseason, the only time of the year where in-game managerial moves mean anything.

The Astros will a lot of regular-season games but they would have done that anyway. I can’t wait to see this board when Baker starts badly mismanaging the pitching staff, which will probably be in spring training.

As a lifelong Astros fan, I truly enjoyed the 2015-19 run. Those days are numbered and they just got shorter with this manager hire and the inevitable Bobby Evans hire that’s on the way.

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Dusty Baker is in discussions with the #Astros about their managing position, sources tell The Athletic. No deal has been completed. Other candidates have not yet been informed. Baker is the Astros’ choice, per @BNightengale.

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-Rosenthal