Astros: New GM could be hired soon

Stay by the phone, Herman Franks...stay by the phone.

The Astros could have a new general manager in place in less than one week.

Club owner Drayton McLane said on Sunday prior to the Astros’ series finale with the Pirates that the Astros could introduce a new GM “by next weekend or somewhere around there.”

“We’re going to do some more interviewing and hopefully we’ll have something productive done by the end of the week,” McLane said. “But that’s not a deadline. We’re going to wait until we find the right person. We’re going to re-interview several candidates.”