Dana Brown is probably not wrong. But also, Dana could have suggested that to him ... during spring training. He makes it sound like he's just an outside observer instead of the GM of the team.
Dana, stfu and find a way to extend the guy, that's your job. Your job is not to blame players for their injuries....if anybody blame your manager for having him throw 100 pitches on the first start of the year.
Outside of Kyle Tucker trade he’s been pretty underwhelming, we need another Ivy League nerd not a career scout
Dana… you yourself said you say the wrong things when you talk to the media… so maybe work on that. The lying to the media was annoying, but at least you didn’t blame your players.
The media IS annoying. They lie and then expect you to tell them the truth. But they are completely consumed with monetizing podcasts, with no regard for expanding corruption on all levels.
Dana Brown is annoying. He's overly transparent when it comes to trades/acquisitions and unjustifiably arrogant. I remember after the underwhelming Lopferfido trade, he was finishing up talking to media and as he was walking away says, "we're not done yet." Like why? Just get ***t done. (He never did anything after that by the way. Outside of the Tucker trade, the only thing he's done is reacquire former players. Verlander, Correa, Neris, and Loperfido. The team has gotten worse every year since losing to the Rangers in 2023. Some of that is age, but more of it is not drafting well. His first pick (Brice Matthews) was drafted to play SS, but it turns out they don't even want him playing in the infield. Outside of Cam Smith, who is the most impactful infusion of young talent on his watch? Sadly, its Matthews and I don't think there's a close second.
They have been win now mode forever. Got to give him 3 years of sucking and getting high draft picks to see how good he is.
Good solid farm systems are not solely built on high draft picks... in fact far from it. Farm systems are not simply to produce stars. Its organizational depth to withstand 162 game seasons with injuries, enough filler to trade for established players.... AND find the previously unexpected/not highly drafted prospect that blossoms into an everyday impact player.... and that's before being able to recognize and install the best coaches/developmental mindset at each level to try and breed consistent/reproducible results. Everybody has the same lists of top draft picks and top stars. Simply getting those guys and having them pan out is not what separates the good GM's from the great ones (or every small market team would be killing it).
Joe will go first. Crane should be proactive and not just let Dana finish out the season. Let’s get ahead of the rest of the league and identify the next GM early. The perfect guy for the job? Jeff Luhnow. It will never happen sadly.
I could only dream that Luhnow would walk through those doors and get this team right. it would also be a sweet middle finger to Manfred and the rest of the MLB.
Yep. Once Chandler starts writing these sort of articles, it means Brown isn’t going to be on the job much longer.
The Astros are down: 2020 1st 2020 2nd 2021 1st 2021 2nd 2024 2nd highest pick (Hader) 2025 2nd highest pick (Walker) 2025 5th highest pick (Walker) A ton of lost IFA pool money Tough to have solid farm systems and a good MLB team without high picks and a really reduced set of picks. I will say there have not been many good indicators for Brown. I think the Astros major league team being good for a long time, the punishment for cheating, and prioritizing short-term wins are big reasons the MLB team looks broke and the farm doesn't have much to help it right now. It seems all the Astros' position prospect signings recently have been huge power, low-contact guys or really young guys. No way for me to judge the really young guys. I get other teams want contact as well so I'm not sure how much of that is on Brown. I've been expecting the Astros to fall off whether last year, this year, or next for a while. I was hoping the farm would look better than it does right now.
Agreed and by no means am I trying to mitigate the severe penalties of losing those picks in 2020-2021. The rest of those were 'choices' to make the MLB team better in large part because they could not find an in-house replacement. Not sure if its a draft strategy or a organizational developmental issue that's changed. Also, when was the last time they drafted/developed an everyday first baseman? This pre-dates Luhnow, correct? Technically Bagwell was acquired as well. Does it pre-date the internet? I'm also looking at guys they traded over the years... did I miss somebody that is starting/thriving elsewhere that was once drafted here? (I guess Berkman was drafted and would have been a 1B his entire career here if the HOFer wasn't here... so apologies on that rant).
