Bo Porter says he is committed to the Houston Astros, despite speculation that he could be a candidate to replace Davey Johnson with the Washington Nationals.

When asked about a Washington Post article that said Porter was an ownership favorite in Washington and highly regarded by Mike Rizzo, Porter brushed it aside.

"I'm the Houston Astros manager," he said. "I enjoyed time my time in Washington. It's something that you have no control over what somebody is going to say or what someone else is going to think. I'm 100 percent entrenched into getting our situation here to where it is we want to be. The situation in Washington is completely out of my hands and -- I'm going to give you my famous one -- out of my jurisdiction."