Then, the relief came. No offense to Brad Ausmus, but I frankly had zero desire to see him in charge of a baseball operations department, at least right now without meaningful front-office experience. Of the known candidates, Dana Brown was one of the more appealing options, and his track record, most recently as the VP of scouting with the Braves, speaks for itself. Based on his résumé and the importance of increasing diversity within the general manager ranks, the Astros have possibly made a tremendous hire with Brown.
The hiring of Brown, however, further indicates a paradigm shift in organizational direction for the Astros is underway.