{"id":1881,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1881","headline":"Albert Pujols to interview for Astros managerial job","dek":"The future Hall of Famer joins Yankees bench coach Brad Ausmus among candidates for Houston's vacancy.","body":"Albert Pujols is set to interview for the Houston Astros' managerial opening this week, according to sources. The Astros have not publicly named their candidates, but Yankees bench coach Brad Ausmus is also reportedly in the mix.\n\nPujols has made no secret of wanting to manage since he retired after the 2022 season. He interviewed last year for openings with the Los Angeles Angels and San Diego Padres but did not land either job. Since then he has stayed busy on the bench, managing the Dominican Republic to a third-place finish at the 2026 World Baseball Classic and leading Leones del Escogido to the 2025 Caribbean Series championship.\n\nThere is some irony in the pairing. As a player, Pujols spent years tormenting the Astros, particularly during his time with the Cardinals in a rivalry that produced plenty of postseason drama. Now he could end up running their dugout instead of beating them from the other one.\n\nNo timeline has been given for when Houston expects to make a decision.","published_at":"2026-11-04T22:35:37.438718+00:00","source_count":5,"written_from":[{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Pujols to interview for Astros' managerial opening, sources say","url":"https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50381841/sources-albert-pujols-interview-astros-managerial-job"},{"outlet":"MLB.com","publisher":"MLB.com","title":"Pujols to interview for Astros manager opening (sources)","url":"https://www.mlb.com/news/albert-pujols-astros-manager-opening-interview"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Could Astros hire Albert Pujols? Houston interviewing future Hall of Famer","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/could-astros-hire-albert-pujols-202312003.html"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Albert Pujols to interview for Astros’ managerial vacancy: Source","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7753889/2026/11/04/albert-pujols-astros-manager-interview/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Ausmus, Pujols Among Astros Managerial Candidates Interviewed","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ausmus-pujols-among-astros-managerial-234611973.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Albert Pujols to reportedly interview for Astros' managerial opening","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/breaking-news/article/albert-pujols-to-reportedly-interview-for-astros-managerial-opening-195506473.html"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Albert Pujols interviewing for another MLB managing job","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/11/04/sports/albert-pujols-interviewing-for-astros-manager-job/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Albert Pujols to interview for Houston Astros manager role, AP source says","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/albert-pujols-interview-houston-astros-221454639.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Houston Astros to interview Albert Pujols for manager's job","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/houston-astros-interview-albert-pujols-223043413.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"}