Reports on Sunday say the Astros will promote bench coach Joe Espada to manager, replacing Dusty Baker:

This will be the first managerial position for the 48-year-old Espada, who has been Houston’s bench coach since 2018.

Espada began his coaching career in the Marlins organization, working in the minors until moving to the big-league club as the third base coach in 2010.

Chron.com

Espada never made the majors. Drafted in the mid 1990s, he was a middle infielder who hit like a middle infielder. In the minors he posted a good batting average and a good on-base average, but never hit for power. He moved to coaching at an early age, and now he leads the field operations of an extremely good team. I suspect it was worth the wait.

The Astros scheduled a news conference for Monday to make the hire official.