Astros, Ausmus Need to Be in Sync for This to Work

It’s strange that Astros special assistant and team legend Jeff Bagwell has managed to carve out such a negative space for himself in his post playing days in Houston. One of the top three Astros of all time and an unabashed lover of all things ‘Stros, he nevertheless finds himself in a tough spot these days thanks to his curmudgeonly color commentary and, more importantly, very bad and terrible decisions in between the James Click and Dana Brown eras. We lead with Bagwell because the Astros are hiring his former teammate (and good friend), Brad Ausmus, to take over as the team’s manager after bringing in Randy Flores as the club’s GM less than a week ago. If you recall, prior to the hiring of Brown, Bagwell had pushed (reportedly) for Ausmus in that role. So, for fans, Ausmus has been tainted by association and it’s honestly not fair.

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