Back now with Matt and Daniel guys,
Jeremy believes the draft is a
big deal for obvious reasons.
Other priorities right now for
Dana Brown would be what? Not Kyle
Tucker, like a lot of fans are saying,
hey, you know you.
Hey, come on, you're going to arbitration.
Just take care of this.
I don't think that's the case.
I agree with Jeremy.
Get the draft lined up.
How do you build a great team,
a great organization through the draft?
Get that going.
And really, data admitted it the
other day at this news conference.
I got to figure out who these guys are.
I know we've got a great
number of Major League players,
but I need to know the
people in the organization.
That's what he needs to do.
His priorities right now,
don't mess it up.
I mean, that's priority #1.
Just don't mess it up with
any erroneous deals or trades.
James click, I thought,
did a really nice job. Yep.
Building out the bullpen.
I think that was the
strength of this team really,
the last couple of years.
And James click deserves
a lot of credit for it.
But don't mess it up they.
They have the flexibility right now,
whatever they've got going
on in the front office,
whatever structure it is,
they have the flexibility that
they're on the field product.
The Major League level is so good,
is so good,
are the favorites to win it again.
So yes,
make a couple of trades here and there,
but the priority for sure,
one,
don't mess it up too build for the
future and that sustainability
that Jim Crane is looking for.
And I think James click does deserve a lot
of credit for not trying to come to Houston
and put his stamp on the organization.
He was very content with
figuring out the players.
Within the organization and
also working with people,
getting a sense of how things were going
to go down and whether that ultimately
was a problem for him, I don't know,
but he did a good job of letting things be.
But Dana Brown,
his scouting brack background,
I have to believe that is
a major reason he is here.
When you consider the past
drafts that the Astros have had,
you look at the Seth Beers,
the JB Bukauskas, Forest Whitley,
Corey Lee, still to be determined.
Now people.
Will say, Oh well,
look what those guys turned into
Zack Greinke, for example.
But when you look at the big picture,
those were misses.
And I have to believe that that is
a big reason why Dana Brown is here.
You look at his,
his experience in the draft process.
Yeah, for sure.
And James click, that was not.
One of his strong points, of course,
he wasn't around here long enough
to really show us as strong.
I think, yeah, I think his last draft
ultimately will be a pretty good one
with Gilbert and Melton and some
of these other players he picked.
I think when we look back 510 years
from now, I think James clicks.
Resume will look a little bit better.
I mean it looks pretty good right now.
But I think, I think people will
look back at that 2022 draft
and and consider it a good one.
Yeah, you gotta wonder if he
just takes the one year deal.
He said he was insulted by that.
Just take the one year deal, James.
Stick around and work with the owner's
work with Jeff Bagwell and his inner,
his inner sanctum there,
Enos Cabell and those guys.
And I think he would have
continued on because as you say,
one of the biggest things he
didn't do was screw things up.
That was really a big deal.
Out right now, like I said,
flexibility is key as they try to
set up the scouting Department,
player personnel. I mean they,
they have that luxury that the big
league club is so good that they they,
they have a couple of
years to play with here.
And the answer is that
that's in a good spot to be.
But I'm getting the sense that because
Dana Brown is a former player,
he will probably fit better in that
inner circle than James Click did.
Because obviously,
obviously we've heard about 2 Analytics,
2 analytical, too much of the numbers.
I gotta believe Dana Brown's gonna
fit right in simply because he was
a professional player for some
time. Yeah. And.
And the one thing Jim Crane,
what's the first thing he said?
He knows analytics, you know,
he knows personnel.
He likes the combination.
And that was the rub with James Click
as he was, was not enough feel.
What does Dusty Baker all feel?
All none.
None of the analytics analytics.
And James click was all
analytics and no feel.
You've got to have a combination of that.
That's what Jeff Bagwell preaches.
That's what everyone preaches
in Jim Crane's inner circle.
And that's what they got
here with Dana Brown.
If I'm really interested to see what
he does with this organization.
Yeah. And coming up with the
right trades at the right time.
Yes, the team is built for success now,
but you know, injuries creep up
and your needs arise throughout
the season and that's going to
be his real true test this year.
How does he strengthen the current
Major League club through trades
and through that process? And
I think Dusty Baker, though,
would argue with you and say.
I believe in ohh yes.
We just didn't call them analytics.
Yeah, and again Jeremy Booth has much
more on the challenges facing general
manager Dana Brown on the new Extra
basis podcast in which he also reveals
some candidates consulted with him,
Jeremy during the Astros interview process.