{"id":1736,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1736","headline":"Astros name Randy Flores as new general manager","dek":"Owner Jim Crane called Flores a perfect fit after pulling him from the Cardinals' scouting department to run Houston's front office.","body":"The Astros introduced Randy Flores as the 15th general manager in franchise history on Monday, with owner Jim Crane praising him as a \"perfect fit\" for the job.\n\nFlores comes over from St. Louis, where he joined the Cardinals' front office in August 2015 as scouting director. He kept running the club's amateur drafts even after being promoted to assistant general manager in late 2018, and his most recent title there was assistant GM of amateur and pro acquisition. His work reportedly extended well past the draft, overseeing both amateur and pro scouting for the Cardinals.\n\nCrane pointed to that scouting and player-acquisition background as the reason Houston was sold on Flores during the interview process. The hire was officially announced Friday, which means Flores is stepping into the role with the offseason clock already running. Questions remain about why the search dragged until Oct. 30 if Flores was the target the whole time, leaving him little runway to start shaping the Astros' next era before free agency and roster-building decisions pile up.","published_at":"2026-11-02T23:20:46.962309+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Astros owner Crane hails Flores as a 'perfect fit' as team's GM","url":"https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50360039/astros-introduce-jim-crane-new-general-manager"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"New Astros GM Randy Flores helped build the Cardinals' farm system. A closer look at his draft record","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/astros-gm-randy-flores-helped-205624509.html"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Astros' GM search raises questions — and gives Randy Flores little time to establish new era","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7742521/2026/11/01/astros-gm-search-randy-flores-lockout-matt-kleine/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Houston Astros have a new GM in Randy Flores. What are biggest questions facing him right away?","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/houston-astros-gm-randy-flores-130100360.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Houston Astros owner Jim Crane says new general manager Randy Flores will 'have full authority'","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/houston-astros-owner-jim-crane-201235069.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Astros owner Jim Crane downplays trade fire sale after hiring new GM","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/astros-owner-jim-crane-downplays-213101447.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"What new Astros GM Randy Flores said about pressure to win, analytics and hiring a manager","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/astros-gm-randy-flores-said-221334774.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"New Houston Astros GM Randy Flores makes his first priority clear: Hiring a manager","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/houston-astros-gm-randy-flores-230814463.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Astros Hire Randy Flores, But Is Jim Crane Willing to Give Up Control?","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/astros-hire-randy-flores-jim-232727396.html"}],"image":null,"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"}