Click previously served in the Tampa Bay Rays organization for 15 years before being hired by the Astros as their general manager in January 2020.
After he graduated, Click wrote for Baseball Prospectus, helping to maintain their PECOTA algorithm.
[5] In January 2020, the Houston Astros hired Click as their general manager following the dismissal of Jeff Luhnow.
[2] In 2022, the Astros won 106 games, the second-highest total in franchise history.
[7] On February 27, 2023, the Toronto Blue Jays hired James Click as vice president, baseball strategy.