Reports: Astros to promote bench coach Joe Espada to manager
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The Houston Astros are promoting bench coach Joe Espada to be their manager, according to multiple reports on Sunday.
The Astros have a press conference scheduled for 11 a.m. CT on Monday with general manager Dana Brown, who is expected to announce Espada as the replacement for the retired Dusty Baker.
Espada, 48, has been the bench coach since 2018 for the Astros, who have