The announcement came a little more quickly than we thought it would, but clearly Astros owner Jim Crane found his man. Former Rays VP of Baseball Operations James Click will be running the show in Houston, and from all appearances, Crane made a good hire.
At 42, Click is young enough to stay in this job for a long time if he’s successful. He’s smart, having graduated from Yale University, and he comes from one of the best and most influential baseball operations departments in the game.
We’ve seen Tampa Bay’s front office poached before, from Andrew Friedman heading to the Dodgers to most recently Chaim Bloom shipping up to Boston.