Astros GM makes revealing comments about team’s trade-deadline strategy amid poor start

Houston Astros general manager Dana Brown is not prepared to start selling off assets at the trade deadline.

"No. No, I can't envision that. This ballclub is too good."

– Astros GM Dana Brown on if he envisions a scenario where the team is a seller#MLBNow | #Relentless pic.twitter.com/0kEEULJUoW

— MLB Now (@MLBNow) May 7, 2024

“No, I can’t envision that,” Brown said Tuesday on “MLB Now.” “I think this team, this ballclub is too good. We have a really good rotation, we have a really good bullpen. … I think the production is coming [offensively]. I think our guys are too professional. They’re good players. I can’t predict any scenario where we become sellers.”

 

Brown is staying calm. The Astros have reached the American League Championship seven times in a row and have claimed World Series championships in 2017 and 2022.

“I think the key here is win this series, win this series, win this series, get back to .500,” Brown said. “Once you get back to .500 and you start to roll, you get a winning streak of five here, seven here, 10 there. Before you know it, you’re 8-10 games over .500.”