September 25, 2024 • 15 mins
Following Monday's loss against the Mariners, the Astros turn things around for themselves and clinch the division last night in Game 2 of their three game series against Seattle. Clinching the AL West Division for the fourth straight time now, the Astros are headed to the postseason yet again despite their rough start to the season. Astros GM Dana Brown joins and shares his thoughts on an epic season thus far and what to look fforward to ahead of the Wild Card games along with a few updates regarding Yordan's return back to the lineup.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
We're the Sean Salisbury Show continues, sure does for his
weekly visit at nine thirty, And this is a fun one,
all the grind and here we are division winners, Division champs.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Dana Brown joins US Astros gym. Well let's get that
out of the way. How you feeling today and what
a satisfying victory and what a phenomenal season to date,
my man, all the overcoming It's got to feel good
to you today.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Absolutely so great this morning, you know, excited for you know,
the organization and all the Astro fans out there. You know,
just a reminder of the grind of one hundred and
sixty two and you've got to keep your hands on
the wheel, keep your foot on the gas. And you know,
the guys kept it going. You know they we got
off to a slow start this year, but we turned
it around. You know, they kept it going. And you
(00:53):
know it's really fun to watch the celebration last year.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
And they never get old and winning divisions the first
goal win the division didn't go on take carry business
in the postseason. Have you ever been You've been around
baseball for a long time, Dane. I don't care if
it's a little league wherever you when you played, when
you're in Atlanta, here is the GM. Have you ever
been around a more resilient organization?
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Uh? This organization is unbelievable. You know, first of all,
you know what we do here with our pitching. You know,
it's outstanding. You know, the winning environment, you know, the
make up, the commitment from ownership. You know, it's just
the winning organization. It's great to be a part of it.
You know, outstanding fan based you know. Uh, you know,
guys love the the Astros and so, uh, this is
(01:38):
a fun place to be and uh, fasten your seat
belts and let's get this postseason going.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Dana, What you mentioned pitching in that with the way
that they just continue to do their thing, whether it's
a starter, somebody gets hurt, somebody else comes in, somebody
from minor league, whatever it is, Why then are they
Why are they always successful? Here Kakuchi coming over in
a tre aids nine straight games of wins when he's
been pitching. Why are the Astros pitchers so successful?
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Yeah? I think we pay attention a lot of attention
to the information and the data, and you know, we
try to use it to our advantage. And I think
that's a good thing. And you know we have you know,
we have two really good pitching coaches in the big
league level, you know, Josh Miller and Murphy. You know,
these guys, you know they're they're locked in and they
you know, they set the tone for the organization and
(02:30):
you know, ultimately, you know, we work through this thing
together and we try to give them the right type
of pieces to work with and they continuously continue to
get it done.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Is there Dana Brown Astros GM for his weekly visit
the Western Champs the American League West Champs, Houston Astros
again and working on their eighth straight ALCS. But there's
business to handle before then, Dana. There's got to be
a pride factor where you were at twelve and twenty
four and you told us continually too, it's a long season, man,
(03:02):
That's why we play a buck sixty two. Well we're
not quite at a buck sixty two, but what about
a buck fifty eight. So there's got to be a
lot of pride in winning like this. Everybody wants to
win by twenty games, right, that'd be great, But the
reality is this year you did it different and the
way that you've done it this year. There has to
be a lot of pride because it's been a crazy way,
but it sure's heck been a prideful and efficient one
(03:25):
at the end.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Yeah, Ultimately you have to have the heartbeat and the
stomach for this because of the constant grind. You know,
you're gonna have games that you lose, you know, the
last pitch of the game. You know, you're gonna have
games that you win the last pitch of the game.
You're gonna have streaks. Will you lose four or five
in a row. You're gonna have winning streaks, will you
you know, you win ten in a row. And so
there's a lot of ups and downs. You know. The
(03:49):
heartbeat of this club and this organization is you know
one thing that we should all pay attention to, uh,
you know, used to winning. No panic, you know, steady
at a you know, flie the plane and turbulence, you know,
just stay the course. And you know that's basically what
(04:10):
it is. You just have to you know, understand that
it's a long season. You can't get too high, you
can't get too low. You have to you know, keep
it steady and keep it on cruise control.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Did Danta when things aren't going well like they were
at the beginning of the season. How do you convince it?
Maybe it's just having a strong clubhouse as well, but
how do you convince young guys or guys that are
going through the questioning of man, this isn't us. How
do you get them to stay the course? I mean,
we say it, but how do you in the clubhouse
or just my talk, or do you let it happen organically?
(04:41):
How do you get them at twelve and twenty four
to believe this is going to still be a special season?
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Yeah? I think Joe Spotted did a great job of that.
You know, having that familiar face down there, I've said
it before was very important for this club early on
when we were struggling, you know, whether it was seven
and nineteen or twelve and twenty four, when we were
struggling and having Joe spot it down there to familiar faith,
who could who could keep these guys calm? Don't go
(05:10):
into a panic. The season is long. You got to
you know, chip away, fight back, don't give up. And
you know I mentioned last night the lowest moment of
the season I felt was when we were down by
ten games early June and we lost Kyle Tucker. I mean,
that was the gut punch, that was that was the
test of all time. You know, you're you're really behind,
(05:33):
you're struggling, and you lost one of your best hitters.
You lost one of your best hitters. And so that
overcoming that, Joe, you know, just dealing with and talking
with the club, keeping them positive, knowing that we you know,
we had a chance to get to the trade deadline.
Just keep it close until you get to the trade deadline,
make a good move at the deadline, and then see
(05:55):
where it takes you. And so that's the key, you know,
to the season right there. Uh, you know, just staying positive,
keeping the heartbeat right and you just you definitely have
to have the stomach for this. All right.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
You mentioned hitters and Kyle Tucker and go to another
one in Jordan Alvarez. How concerned should we be about
just everything to do with that knee right now?
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Yeah? I mean, you know, if you use a guy
like jord On, you know, you're replaceable. You don't have
these guys, you know, they don't fall off the trees.
You know, this guy is unbelievable, what he does, what
he means to this club, you know, and so we'll
we'll have more detail on you know, the knee spring
in a few more days, you know, once the swelling subside,
(06:42):
and you know, we could get a little bit more information.
But you know, uh, not having him would be very difficult.
Guys are gonna have to step up. If that's the case.
We're we're hoping that we're gonna get good news, but
if you don't have a your aine, you're gonna have
to have guys step up. You know, I said last
night that the other day two days ago, uh actually,
(07:04):
uh yeah, two days ago, I went to Hayward and said, look,
the big boys out. You know, we're gonna need guys
like your self, entering guys to step up. And sure enough,
you know, he had a home run, a big home
run last night, hit a home run the night before,
and you know, you're just gonna have to have other
guys step up if if that's the case. But you know,
(07:25):
we're hoping for good news here, but you know this
guy is tough to replace.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Any chance he misses a playoff series, meaning you're done.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Let's hope not. I don't want to think like that.
You know, we'll know more in a couple of days.
But I don't even want to put that in her
in orbit right now. You know, it's just let's like,
let's let's let the swelling go down. He felt a
lot better yesterday. I had a nice conversation with them.
He was moving his leg very well, he was walking
a lot better. And so just in the day he
(07:58):
felt better. So we have, you know, what is it,
five more days, you know, to get through this and
and just you know, hopefully that thing, you know, can
heal so well.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
The plan we shouldn't expect to see him in any
of the rest of the regular season games, Dana, is
that the plan just to rest him no matter what.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
With us winning division the division, I think at this point,
you know, let's let him rest. Let's you know, not
try to push him back too soon, you know, you know,
our our focuses, you know, to finish the season and
then let's just start with the postseason. And we want
to go into the postseason with all of our guys.
It felt so great to have all of our hitters
(08:39):
back in the lineup once Tucker came back. It just
added a little more depth to our lineup. And so
the goal is for him to take the five days
that he needs, the extra five days right now that
he needs. You know, like I said, it felt better yesterday,
a lot better in fact, And so what's the difference
of five more days going to make. I think it's
going to make a lot different. So we're very hopeful.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
A couple more minutes with astros GM Dana Brown for
his weekly visit here with us every Wednesday at nine thirty.
All right, Dana, the rest of the team approach not
named Jordan in these next five days or six days,
what's the approach to the team rest wise? Play wise?
Stay in rhythm, don't need rhythm. We're good, fresh legs.
Where we at, fresh arms? Where are we at with
(09:24):
the approach to the rest of the season.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Yeah, I think Joe Spottle's approaches to make sure he
gives these guys a couple of days off, whether it's
one down like starting today and maybe another one in
two days, but give each of these guys a little
bit of a rest because they've been grinding. They've been
grinding hard, they've been playing a lot of games. Penia
(09:48):
has been in a grind, Bregman's been in a grind.
Now two they's been in a grind. These guys have
been in a grind playing every day good baseball, and
so we really have to give these guys a little
bit of a bre either, so that we're really fresh.
You know, we don't want to sit them down the
rest of the time because you don't want guys to
lose their timing, but you definitely want them to be
off their legs for you know, two maybe three days.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Dana with the with the pitching and in this first series,
and as it goes on, you'll make those decisions each series.
But with the guys that may not get to start.
We know how Dana now, Hunter Brown and Fromber and
Kakuchi have pitched. But in some of these other starting
pitching bodies, can we expect them to automatically be in
the bullpen ready to start if necessary? But will they
(10:35):
just strengthen the bullpen? Is that the plan where to
move them?
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Yeah? So the plan right now is to finish the
season and perhaps some really good discussions as to what
we're going to do, what's the best case of course
of action for this team going forward. But we'll finish
the season Sunday night, Sunday afternoon game and then Sunday
evening early Monday, we'll have some really good discussions as
(11:00):
to how they're gonna line this thing up, and so, uh,
you know, we'll circle back with with you guys and
let you know, uh, but the plan is to finish
the season out and really have some tough conversations, uh
you know, Sunday night Monday morning.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
And those are tough conversations because just guys that have
contributed a lot may not to get that that kind
of start or play. It's it's got to be a
difficult one of the more difficult things in your role,
in the in management's role, in the manager's role, to
do That's not a fun conversation, is it.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
Yeah. I mean, ultimately, I think everyone in our clubhouse,
these guys are all team guys, their team first guys.
So that part makes it easy, you know, having having
a tough discussions or you know they're going to be tough,
you know, But ultimately I think we have a team
full of team first guys, and I think, you know,
(11:53):
whatever decision we decide to make between the front office,
you know, and the coaching staff and including players and
some of the discussions, of course, we'll make the best
decision of you know, we'll put the team first.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Dana, what comes This may sound odd, but I'm curious
because I've heard both from people in positions that are
impacting franchises in different sports. What comes first to you?
Winning or chemistry? Does winning build chemistry or does chemistry
build the winning?
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Yeah? I mean we want to win. I mean the
bottom line, you want to win. And I think when
you win, you know, you learn how to put things together,
and you learn how to keep the chemistry, and you
learn how to keep the fight, and you learn how
you know to stay in the grind. I mean, I
think the ultimate goal is to win, you know, and
sometimes you have to even develop at the big league level.
(12:45):
But you know, even when you have to develop at
the big league level, you have to keep winning as
a priority, you know, because that's that's what we want
to do.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
We want to win, So winning first, Winning builds chemistry,
all right, And let's little love the space Cowboys playing
good baseball. And I'm just curious your overall I know
you're focused on this team, but your overall view of
how your minor league systems performing and the depth of it.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Yeah, I mean triple A McKey has done a great job,
you know, and you know, we we we've had to
run guys up and down, you know, all year. You know,
we're going to be taking guys, you know, in the
course of the season, you're taking guys from the Triple
A level sometimes you know, for the Double A level,
and so you know, getting on the same page. You know,
it's very important, you know, and that's one of the
(13:32):
things one of the reasons why you know, we put
you know, Gavin Dickey over the you know, player development
as assistant GM. You know, he he's one of those
guys he's you know, he's got a great background on
the data and the information and you know, he's you know,
came out of a really good background of scouting for
twelve years. And so, you know, coordinating the whole minor
(13:54):
league operations and getting your eyes set on some of
those guys that are going to help impact the major
league and getting those guys to the big leagues is
what our focus is. I mean, ultimately, the minor leagues
exists to filter players to the major leagues in order
to help us give us the best chance to win.
And so, you know, I think our guys have done
(14:17):
an outstanding job of you know, getting guys ready and
getting them to the big leagues. And you know, we
don't pay a whole lot of attention to all of
the publications and the rankings and things like that, but
I will tell you to ask those continue to pump
out major league players from their minor league system, and
you know that that's the testament tool with how hard
(14:38):
the guys are working in the chemistry we have in
this organization.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
Yeah, the development and the scouting has been nutsing short
of fantastic. And what a season been here eleven years
in this town, and what a satisfying season considering all
that you've overcome and resilient and the great moves you
made at the deadline and to bring guys like Hayward
and Kakuchi at the trade deadline. Congratulations, Dana, enjoy it.
I know there's a lot of business to handle, and
whatever hours you are left to enjoy the division title
(15:02):
before you start working towards the playoffs, enjoy them. You've
earned it, man, And we'll look forward to next Wednesday,
and at that time should be one to zero when
you join us next Wednesday in the postseason, So we
look forward to it. Man, congrats.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
All right, thank you Astro fans. We're back. We're not
done yet. Let's go Astros.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
There you go, enjoy it.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Man.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
That's Dandon Brown, Astros Gym. We will come back and
finish up. A few comments and a few little analysis
from what he took from that and the Jordan Alvarez
talk that Sports Talk seven ninety rolls on
We're the Sean Salisbury Show continues, sure does for his
weekly visit at nine thirty, And this is a fun one,
all the grind and here we are division winners, Division champs.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Dana Brown joins US Astros gym. Well let's get that
out of the way. How you feeling today and what
a satisfying victory and what a phenomenal season to date,
my man, all the overcoming It's got to feel good
to you today.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Absolutely so great this morning, you know, excited for you know,
the organization and all the Astro fans out there. You know,
just a reminder of the grind of one hundred and
sixty two and you've got to keep your hands on
the wheel, keep your foot on the gas. And you know,
the guys kept it going. You know they we got
off to a slow start this year, but we turned
it around. You know, they kept it going. And you
(00:53):
know it's really fun to watch the celebration last year.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
And they never get old and winning divisions the first
goal win the division didn't go on take carry business
in the postseason. Have you ever been You've been around
baseball for a long time, Dane. I don't care if
it's a little league wherever you when you played, when
you're in Atlanta, here is the GM. Have you ever
been around a more resilient organization?
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Uh? This organization is unbelievable. You know, first of all,
you know what we do here with our pitching. You know,
it's outstanding. You know, the winning environment, you know, the
make up, the commitment from ownership. You know, it's just
the winning organization. It's great to be a part of it.
You know, outstanding fan based you know. Uh, you know,
guys love the the Astros and so, uh, this is
(01:38):
a fun place to be and uh, fasten your seat
belts and let's get this postseason going.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Dana, What you mentioned pitching in that with the way
that they just continue to do their thing, whether it's
a starter, somebody gets hurt, somebody else comes in, somebody
from minor league, whatever it is, Why then are they
Why are they always successful? Here Kakuchi coming over in
a tre aids nine straight games of wins when he's
been pitching. Why are the Astros pitchers so successful?
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Yeah? I think we pay attention a lot of attention
to the information and the data, and you know, we
try to use it to our advantage. And I think
that's a good thing. And you know we have you know,
we have two really good pitching coaches in the big
league level, you know, Josh Miller and Murphy. You know,
these guys, you know they're they're locked in and they
you know, they set the tone for the organization and
(02:30):
you know, ultimately, you know, we work through this thing
together and we try to give them the right type
of pieces to work with and they continuously continue to
get it done.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Is there Dana Brown Astros GM for his weekly visit
the Western Champs the American League West Champs, Houston Astros
again and working on their eighth straight ALCS. But there's
business to handle before then, Dana. There's got to be
a pride factor where you were at twelve and twenty
four and you told us continually too, it's a long season, man,
(03:02):
That's why we play a buck sixty two. Well we're
not quite at a buck sixty two, but what about
a buck fifty eight. So there's got to be a
lot of pride in winning like this. Everybody wants to
win by twenty games, right, that'd be great, But the
reality is this year you did it different and the
way that you've done it this year. There has to
be a lot of pride because it's been a crazy way,
but it sure's heck been a prideful and efficient one
(03:25):
at the end.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Yeah, Ultimately you have to have the heartbeat and the
stomach for this because of the constant grind. You know,
you're gonna have games that you lose, you know, the
last pitch of the game. You know, you're gonna have
games that you win the last pitch of the game.
You're gonna have streaks. Will you lose four or five
in a row. You're gonna have winning streaks, will you
you know, you win ten in a row. And so
there's a lot of ups and downs. You know. The
(03:49):
heartbeat of this club and this organization is you know
one thing that we should all pay attention to, uh,
you know, used to winning. No panic, you know, steady
at a you know, flie the plane and turbulence, you know,
just stay the course. And you know that's basically what
(04:10):
it is. You just have to you know, understand that
it's a long season. You can't get too high, you
can't get too low. You have to you know, keep
it steady and keep it on cruise control.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Did Danta when things aren't going well like they were
at the beginning of the season. How do you convince it?
Maybe it's just having a strong clubhouse as well, but
how do you convince young guys or guys that are
going through the questioning of man, this isn't us. How
do you get them to stay the course? I mean,
we say it, but how do you in the clubhouse
or just my talk, or do you let it happen organically?
(04:41):
How do you get them at twelve and twenty four
to believe this is going to still be a special season?
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Yeah? I think Joe Spotted did a great job of that.
You know, having that familiar face down there, I've said
it before was very important for this club early on
when we were struggling, you know, whether it was seven
and nineteen or twelve and twenty four, when we were
struggling and having Joe spot it down there to familiar faith,
who could who could keep these guys calm? Don't go
(05:10):
into a panic. The season is long. You got to
you know, chip away, fight back, don't give up. And
you know I mentioned last night the lowest moment of
the season I felt was when we were down by
ten games early June and we lost Kyle Tucker. I mean,
that was the gut punch, that was that was the
test of all time. You know, you're you're really behind,
(05:33):
you're struggling, and you lost one of your best hitters.
You lost one of your best hitters. And so that
overcoming that, Joe, you know, just dealing with and talking
with the club, keeping them positive, knowing that we you know,
we had a chance to get to the trade deadline.
Just keep it close until you get to the trade deadline,
make a good move at the deadline, and then see
(05:55):
where it takes you. And so that's the key, you know,
to the season right there. Uh, you know, just staying positive,
keeping the heartbeat right and you just you definitely have
to have the stomach for this. All right.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
You mentioned hitters and Kyle Tucker and go to another
one in Jordan Alvarez. How concerned should we be about
just everything to do with that knee right now?
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Yeah? I mean, you know, if you use a guy
like jord On, you know, you're replaceable. You don't have
these guys, you know, they don't fall off the trees.
You know, this guy is unbelievable, what he does, what
he means to this club, you know, and so we'll
we'll have more detail on you know, the knee spring
in a few more days, you know, once the swelling subside,
(06:42):
and you know, we could get a little bit more information.
But you know, uh, not having him would be very difficult.
Guys are gonna have to step up. If that's the case.
We're we're hoping that we're gonna get good news, but
if you don't have a your aine, you're gonna have
to have guys step up. You know, I said last
night that the other day two days ago, uh actually,
(07:04):
uh yeah, two days ago, I went to Hayward and said, look,
the big boys out. You know, we're gonna need guys
like your self, entering guys to step up. And sure enough,
you know, he had a home run, a big home
run last night, hit a home run the night before,
and you know, you're just gonna have to have other
guys step up if if that's the case. But you know,
(07:25):
we're hoping for good news here, but you know this
guy is tough to replace.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Any chance he misses a playoff series, meaning you're done.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Let's hope not. I don't want to think like that.
You know, we'll know more in a couple of days.
But I don't even want to put that in her
in orbit right now. You know, it's just let's like,
let's let's let the swelling go down. He felt a
lot better yesterday. I had a nice conversation with them.
He was moving his leg very well, he was walking
a lot better. And so just in the day he
(07:58):
felt better. So we have, you know, what is it,
five more days, you know, to get through this and
and just you know, hopefully that thing, you know, can
heal so well.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
The plan we shouldn't expect to see him in any
of the rest of the regular season games, Dana, is
that the plan just to rest him no matter what.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
With us winning division the division, I think at this point,
you know, let's let him rest. Let's you know, not
try to push him back too soon, you know, you know,
our our focuses, you know, to finish the season and
then let's just start with the postseason. And we want
to go into the postseason with all of our guys.
It felt so great to have all of our hitters
(08:39):
back in the lineup once Tucker came back. It just
added a little more depth to our lineup. And so
the goal is for him to take the five days
that he needs, the extra five days right now that
he needs. You know, like I said, it felt better yesterday,
a lot better in fact, And so what's the difference
of five more days going to make. I think it's
going to make a lot different. So we're very hopeful.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
A couple more minutes with astros GM Dana Brown for
his weekly visit here with us every Wednesday at nine thirty.
All right, Dana, the rest of the team approach not
named Jordan in these next five days or six days,
what's the approach to the team rest wise? Play wise?
Stay in rhythm, don't need rhythm. We're good, fresh legs.
Where we at, fresh arms? Where are we at with
(09:24):
the approach to the rest of the season.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Yeah, I think Joe Spottle's approaches to make sure he
gives these guys a couple of days off, whether it's
one down like starting today and maybe another one in
two days, but give each of these guys a little
bit of a rest because they've been grinding. They've been
grinding hard, they've been playing a lot of games. Penia
(09:48):
has been in a grind, Bregman's been in a grind.
Now two they's been in a grind. These guys have
been in a grind playing every day good baseball, and
so we really have to give these guys a little
bit of a bre either, so that we're really fresh.
You know, we don't want to sit them down the
rest of the time because you don't want guys to
lose their timing, but you definitely want them to be
off their legs for you know, two maybe three days.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Dana with the with the pitching and in this first series,
and as it goes on, you'll make those decisions each series.
But with the guys that may not get to start.
We know how Dana now, Hunter Brown and Fromber and
Kakuchi have pitched. But in some of these other starting
pitching bodies, can we expect them to automatically be in
the bullpen ready to start if necessary? But will they
(10:35):
just strengthen the bullpen? Is that the plan where to
move them?
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Yeah? So the plan right now is to finish the
season and perhaps some really good discussions as to what
we're going to do, what's the best case of course
of action for this team going forward. But we'll finish
the season Sunday night, Sunday afternoon game and then Sunday
evening early Monday, we'll have some really good discussions as
(11:00):
to how they're gonna line this thing up, and so, uh,
you know, we'll circle back with with you guys and
let you know, uh, but the plan is to finish
the season out and really have some tough conversations, uh
you know, Sunday night Monday morning.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
And those are tough conversations because just guys that have
contributed a lot may not to get that that kind
of start or play. It's it's got to be a
difficult one of the more difficult things in your role,
in the in management's role, in the manager's role, to
do That's not a fun conversation, is it.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
Yeah. I mean, ultimately, I think everyone in our clubhouse,
these guys are all team guys, their team first guys.
So that part makes it easy, you know, having having
a tough discussions or you know they're going to be tough,
you know, But ultimately I think we have a team
full of team first guys, and I think, you know,
(11:53):
whatever decision we decide to make between the front office,
you know, and the coaching staff and including players and
some of the discussions, of course, we'll make the best
decision of you know, we'll put the team first.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Dana, what comes This may sound odd, but I'm curious
because I've heard both from people in positions that are
impacting franchises in different sports. What comes first to you?
Winning or chemistry? Does winning build chemistry or does chemistry
build the winning?
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Yeah? I mean we want to win. I mean the
bottom line, you want to win. And I think when
you win, you know, you learn how to put things together,
and you learn how to keep the chemistry, and you
learn how to keep the fight, and you learn how
you know to stay in the grind. I mean, I
think the ultimate goal is to win, you know, and
sometimes you have to even develop at the big league level.
(12:45):
But you know, even when you have to develop at
the big league level, you have to keep winning as
a priority, you know, because that's that's what we want
to do.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
We want to win, So winning first, Winning builds chemistry,
all right, And let's little love the space Cowboys playing
good baseball. And I'm just curious your overall I know
you're focused on this team, but your overall view of
how your minor league systems performing and the depth of it.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Yeah, I mean triple A McKey has done a great job,
you know, and you know, we we we've had to
run guys up and down, you know, all year. You know,
we're going to be taking guys, you know, in the
course of the season, you're taking guys from the Triple
A level sometimes you know, for the Double A level,
and so you know, getting on the same page. You know,
it's very important, you know, and that's one of the
(13:32):
things one of the reasons why you know, we put
you know, Gavin Dickey over the you know, player development
as assistant GM. You know, he he's one of those
guys he's you know, he's got a great background on
the data and the information and you know, he's you know,
came out of a really good background of scouting for
twelve years. And so, you know, coordinating the whole minor
(13:54):
league operations and getting your eyes set on some of
those guys that are going to help impact the major
league and getting those guys to the big leagues is
what our focus is. I mean, ultimately, the minor leagues
exists to filter players to the major leagues in order
to help us give us the best chance to win.
And so, you know, I think our guys have done
(14:17):
an outstanding job of you know, getting guys ready and
getting them to the big leagues. And you know, we
don't pay a whole lot of attention to all of
the publications and the rankings and things like that, but
I will tell you to ask those continue to pump
out major league players from their minor league system, and
you know that that's the testament tool with how hard
(14:38):
the guys are working in the chemistry we have in
this organization.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
Yeah, the development and the scouting has been nutsing short
of fantastic. And what a season been here eleven years
in this town, and what a satisfying season considering all
that you've overcome and resilient and the great moves you
made at the deadline and to bring guys like Hayward
and Kakuchi at the trade deadline. Congratulations, Dana, enjoy it.
I know there's a lot of business to handle, and
whatever hours you are left to enjoy the division title
(15:02):
before you start working towards the playoffs, enjoy them. You've
earned it, man, And we'll look forward to next Wednesday,
and at that time should be one to zero when
you join us next Wednesday in the postseason, So we
look forward to it. Man, congrats.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
All right, thank you Astro fans. We're back. We're not
done yet. Let's go Astros.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
There you go, enjoy it.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Man.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
That's Dandon Brown, Astros Gym. We will come back and
finish up. A few comments and a few little analysis
from what he took from that and the Jordan Alvarez
talk that Sports Talk seven ninety rolls on
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