Overview
- Multiple outlets report the Astros interviewed Mike Rizzo for the club’s vacant general manager job on Monday, and no hire has been announced.
- Rizzo built the Washington Nationals into a contender and led their 2019 World Series run, and he was fired by Washington on July 6, 2025 after several losing seasons.
- His résumé includes top draft picks and major trades such as drafting Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg and engineering the Juan Soto deal, but some scouts and analysts say his later years showed gaps in modern analytics adoption.
- Houston is also interviewing younger, data-savvy executives including Brewers assistant GM Matt Kleine and internal candidates, and the club prefers to name a GM before the Nov. 9 meetings in Las Vegas.
- Who the Astros hire will shape the next manager choice, roster moves and how much control owner Jim Crane exercises, and the club’s recent hires in player development show a simultaneous push toward analytics.