New Astros GM Brown Holds Exclusive Interview

Houston Astros new General Manager Dana Brown talks transition in an exclusive interview with MLB.com.

New Houston Astros General Manager Dana Brown was interviewed exclusively by Astros.com reporter Brian McTaggart.

Here’s a sampling of that interview:

On getting acclimated to his new surroundings: “Getting in here, I wanted to make sure that I've met with all of the department heads in the front office and some of the other employees and some of the people in the (Astros) Foundation, some of the people in marketing. Just getting to know most of the employees here, and of course I've had multiple conversations with (manager) Dusty (Baker) and a few with the trainer, director of travel. So just getting used to talking to a lot of the employees here and just trying to get to know them.”

On what he has learned about the team so far: “Yeah, so it's been great, just going over the team. In fact, we had a 40-man roster meeting (Monday). And I know the players because we played against (the Astros), but it's different when you play a quick series versus a whole long year. So, you're trying to get to know the players, where your depth is, you want to know where your potential holes may be, where their exposure is. You want to get to know (which players) can you extend long term and those kinds of things. So, you know, it's the whole managing of the roster that you set your sights on.”

On what changes he wants to make since he’s in charge: “Well, the difficult part right now is the timing of the hire so close to Spring Training. The amateur staff has already started scouting, the player development staff will be in camp shortly, the big league team will be in camp. So it's probably difficult to make much adjustments. If there's an opportunity to maybe add somebody, we will add somebody. But at the end of the day, it's a lot of stuff that's been in motion prior to me getting here, and you're taking over a World Series champion. And so you want to come in and maybe assess the place a little bit, and then start to think about where you would like to make some of the adjustments and incorporate some of my experience and thought process as we move forward.”

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