Jim Duquette
Jim Duquette
James "Jim" Duquette was the general manager of the New York Mets for the 2004 season, before the team replaced him with Omar Minaya. Duquette subsequently stayed with the Mets in a front office job for a full season before moving on to the Baltimore Orioles. With the Orioles former vice president of baseball operations, where he worked under Mike Flanagan, the team's general manager...
good league major obviously player proven record situation sure talking track
Obviously we've been talking to him for a while, and thought we had a pretty good opportunity. I'm not sure about the other opportunities he was weighing vs. ours. He's a proven major league player that's had a track record and really it's a no-risk situation for the club.
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Because of time constraints we weren't able to conclude a deal with Scott Strickland to tender him a contract. We still plan to negotiate with him.
direction leaving moving situation turned
Obviously, I'm leaving a situation that has turned around and is moving in the right direction,
coming feeling minor normally player potential risk worthwhile
Obviously, he's coming off a down year, and normally you don't get a player who has his potential for two minor leaguers. In fact, you never do. Our feeling was it was a worthwhile risk for us to take.
extensive fairly infer
It's a fairly extensive restructuring. I don't go into the reasons, but you can infer why.
circumstance couple key last parts starters unique
It's one of those unique circumstances. All of our starters are key parts of their respective countries. And I think we're more comfortable on how they are going to be used than we were the last couple days.
good pitching talent
They really do have some good young talent, especially in the pitching department,
expecting hard safe work
A lot of getting better defensively is hard work. And in David's case, you know he's going to work hard. You're pretty safe expecting him to improve.
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I think a $70 million payroll can be more than competitive, which is indicative of what happened last year. If you are in the $70 (million) to $80 million range, you can do it the right way, with a combination of veteran players and using players from within. But your scouting and player development are critical in doing it.
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But I really feel from my own evaluation of the Orioles and from people that I've talked to that this organization has a tremendous upside. One GM called it 'a sleeping giant.'
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He's the ideal player you'd want your daughter to date. I can name you some in this game I wouldn't want a daughter to date.
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We got hold of the player, and the player said he had a change of heart and for family reasons wanted to play in the National League because of the trips to San Diego and Los Angeles, which are close to home. I'll believe that over the other one.
decided talking
We haven't decided what we're going to do yet, ... We're still talking about it.
acquire goals goes pursuit
Our pursuit of Kris goes back to November. One of our goals going into the off-season was to acquire another pitcher.