Jeff Bagwell made it clear that he was not interested in filling the Astros vacant general manager role, but he was critical of ex-GM James Click's data-driven approach.
player Jeff Bagwell has continued to work closely with the organization in an advisory role since he retired.
"Personally, for me, I just think there are certain things that go on that the numbers can’t explain because this game is played by humans, man. It’s not played by computers," Bagwell told reporters. "And there’s a lot of things that go on. Stuff goes on in the locker room, on the field, at home. A lot of things that can happen throughout a year that means something, that affects players in certain ways, and being able to know that — and that’s what makes Dusty [Baker] so great, is he knows his players on and off the field. It makes it a lot easier for him to manage because he has the communication with the guys and understands them.
"We're different," Click said of his relationship with Crane."Jim is — well, look, let me clarify, there's some things that we do very differently. There's some things that we are very lined up on, and that's going to be true of any relationship between a boss and an employee. I think he likes to act very quickly. In certain cases, I tend toward a more deliberate approach.
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