The Astros are wasting no time in their search for a new GM. Like, no time: owner Drayton McLane expects to have a successor to Tim Purpura named by the end of this week, availabilities be damned: "We're going to do some more interviewing and hopefully we'll have something productive done by the end of the week," McLane said. "But that's not a deadline. We're going to wait until we find the right person. We're going to re-interview several candidates."The Astros have interviewed four former GMs -- Bob Watson, Ed Wade, Jim Beattie and Dan Evans -- as well as seven who are currently serving in an assistant capacity: Ruben Amaro Jr. (Phillies), Logan White (Dodgers), Dave Gottfried and Ricky Bennett (Astros), Steve Lubratich (Indians), John Mozeliak (Cardinals) and Muzzy Jackson (Royals).
I'm not really sure why the Astros would jump the gun so quickly in hiring a candidate, especially when it's not even the offseason yet. Why not wait until things shake down after the season is over, or maybe wait until just after the offseason, to gauge newly minted candidates? I don't get it, but then again, I don't get Drayton McLane.
And no, the new GM isn't going to be Jeff Bagwell, even if anyone with the balls to wear that shirt at a jersey retirement deserves a front office job.
(HT: BBTF)
