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...
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Joe can help you in so many different ways. His versatility allows Art to have many different options throughout a game.
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It all started in his mind right after his wife went into the hospital. He started thinking about whether he really had the desire to keep going. We let him take a couple extra days just to make sure that was his final decision. He's not going to change his mind at this point.
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I think it's a very good fit. The two of us will work together to change the culture here. I report to Mike, but he has made it clear we will work together to change this thing.
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I think we are a victim of the fact that (Simon) has only one (client). He's had only one player for the length of his career, and he doesn't have a lot of experience dealing with this type of language.
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He's highly motivated, and you like to take chances on those kinds of guys.
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He's got 173 at-bats (before Wednesday), and with the numbers he has been able to put up in that short window, he's been really impressive. We're definitely excited, but we have to temper it because he's still so young. We know he has a lot of room for improvement.
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Our feeling was let's not block him and sign a guy to a long-term contract unless he's a dominating closer like B.J. was. There really wasn't that kind of animal on the free agent market.
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He wants to pursue offers in Japan, so we went ahead and gave him his release.
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He has the opportunity to be selected for the U.S. team. That will be a great opportunity for him.
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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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Anytime you're trying to trade a player, you really have to take into consideration a lot of factors. And one of them is the marketplace.
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I'll believe what the player said and give him the benefit of the doubt.
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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.