New Astros general manager Ed Wade plans to make a quick decision on the future of interim manager Cecil Cooper.
Wade joined the Astros for the final seven games, holding a brief meeting before Sunday night’s 4-3 loss to St. Louis. He planned to meet formally with Cooper and the coaching staff on Thursday and stressed that he came to the job without any candidates in mind.
“Everybody that I’ve talked to within the organization is very happy with what Cecil has done, and I have no reason to feel otherwise,” Wade said. “In the interview process, I said I don’t come with a ‘my guy’ list. “I don’t have a preconceived plan of a lot of changes.”
Cooper has openly campaigned for the job on a permanent basis. The Astros were 58-73 when he took over and went 10-14 in his first 24 games.
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Blue Jays pitcher Shaun Marcum will have surgery Wednesday to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee. … Philip Humber will make his first major-league start for the Mets on Wednesday. … Mets outfielder Moises Alou extended his hitting streak to 27 games with an eighth-inning RBI single against the Marlins, setting a team record and giving him the longest in the majors this season. … Roger Clemens is being given an extra day to rest his left hamstring and was pushed back to Tuesday in the Yankees’ rotation.
