{"id":1516,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1516","headline":"Astros zero in on Brewers exec Matt Kleine for GM job","dek":"Houston is targeting Milwaukee assistant general manager Matt Kleine, who previously worked for the Astros before joining the Brewers organization.","body":"The Astros have a vacant general manager opening, and according to The Athletic, they are focused on Milwaukee assistant general manager Matt Kleine to fill it. The pursuit comes just as the Brewers are still celebrating their first World Series title.\n\nKleine, who was 40 entering the season, has spent the past two decades with the Brewers organization, working his way up from associate scout to his current role, which he was promoted into on Nov. 1, 2023. According to the team's media guide, his duties focus on roster construction, transactions, finances, procedural compliance and overseeing salary arbitration, among other responsibilities.\n\nBefore joining Milwaukee in 2007, Kleine previously worked for the Astros, giving him existing ties to the organization now courting him. Houston is coming off an 81-81 season and is looking to fill out its front office leadership as it searches for its next general manager.","published_at":"2026-10-29T22:47:52.137548+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Astros eye Brewers’ Matt Kleine as next GM after World Series win","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/astros-eye-brewers-matt-kleine-174250202.html"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Astros eye Brewers’ Matt Kleine as next GM after World Series win","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/29/sports/astros-eye-brewers-matt-kleine-as-next-gm-after-world-series-win/"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Brewers exec Matt Kleine emerges as focus of Astros GM search: Sources","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7712356/2026/10/29/brewers-matt-kleine-astros-gm-candidate/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Brewers exec Matt Kleine emerges as focus of Astros GM search: Sources","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7712356/2026/10/29/brewers-exec-matt-kleine-emerges-as-focus-of-astros-gm-search-sources/"}],"image":{"url":"https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/ad54ef2e3654a3636868258b98e6e81e851f6d1d0aa6621956b5d62d78f61b46/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200_h675%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fny_post_sports_articles_389%2F23ec64e91bd57a098328fc674ae77e91.jpg","credit":"Yahoo Sports","width":1200},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}