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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. - Jim Duquette Quotes

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.

He wants to pursue offers in Japan, so we went ahead and gave him his release. - Jim Duquette Quotes

He wants to pursue offers in Japan, so we went ahead and gave him his release.

I view this as a step up. I feel I have more authority, more responsibility, more power with the Orioles. If I thought it was a lateral move, I wouldn't be coming down there. - Jim Duquette Quotes

I view this as a step up. I feel I have more authority, more responsibility, more power with the Orioles. If I thought it was a lateral move, I wouldn't be coming down there.

Of course weÃÂ watch what the Yankees do, ... but our feeling is they're an island in the game. We're not going to compete with their payroll or revenues. We expect that this team will have a lot more fun than last year's, doing it quietly, without a $180ÃÂ million payroll. - Jim Duquette Quotes

Of course weÃÂ watch what the Yankees do, ... but our feeling is they're an island in the game. We're not going to compete with their payroll or revenues. We expect that this team will have a lot more fun than last year's, doing it quietly, without a $180ÃÂ million payroll.

We've had players with potential before, but not with the work ethic that they have. The thing about these two is that you know that whatever their potential is, they're going to reach it. - Jim Duquette Quotes

We've had players with potential before, but not with the work ethic that they have. The thing about these two is that you know that whatever their potential is, they're going to reach it.

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. - Jim Duquette Quotes

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.

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. - Jim Duquette Quotes

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.

Kind of an old-look National League [team], ... or a new-wave Florida Marlins. - Jim Duquette Quotes

Kind of an old-look National League [team], ... or a new-wave Florida Marlins.

If I hadn't experienced that first-hand and known what it takes to turn a team around, I maybe wouldn't feel as positive about what I'm getting into, ... But I really feel the Orioles' organization has tremendous upside. One G.M. called it a sleeping giant, and I really believe that. They had 88 losses and problems and issues. A lot of those issues have gone away, with free agency. - Jim Duquette Quotes

If I hadn't experienced that first-hand and known what it takes to turn a team around, I maybe wouldn't feel as positive about what I'm getting into, ... But I really feel the Orioles' organization has tremendous upside. One G.M. called it a sleeping giant, and I really believe that. They had 88 losses and problems and issues. A lot of those issues have gone away, with free agency.

It's a fairly extensive restructuring. I don't go into the reasons, but you can infer why. - Jim Duquette Quotes

It's a fairly extensive restructuring. I don't go into the reasons, but you can infer why.

It's still ongoing, so I don't have a number for you. But there have been a fair amount of scouts fired or reassigned on the amateur side. - Jim Duquette Quotes

It's still ongoing, so I don't have a number for you. But there have been a fair amount of scouts fired or reassigned on the amateur side.

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. - Jim Duquette Quotes

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.

You'd rather this than the other way. - Jim Duquette Quotes

You'd rather this than the other way.

This was a tough loss for us. We're still hopeful, but we all knew the importance of this game. We needed [a win] to stop the bleeding. - Jim Duquette Quotes

This was a tough loss for us. We're still hopeful, but we all knew the importance of this game. We needed [a win] to stop the bleeding.

They both have the makeup that you're looking for to be the cornerstones of the organization, - Jim Duquette Quotes

They both have the makeup that you're looking for to be the cornerstones of the organization,

What you don't want to do is put too much pressure on them, too much added expectations. They had enough expectations in New York. I don't know if you can ever ease a player into the New York scene. It's something that a guy like Carlos Beltran, Mike Piazza, Cliff Floyd, they can take the pressure off the two young guys so they can go about their business and develop at their own pace. - Jim Duquette Quotes

What you don't want to do is put too much pressure on them, too much added expectations. They had enough expectations in New York. I don't know if you can ever ease a player into the New York scene. It's something that a guy like Carlos Beltran, Mike Piazza, Cliff Floyd, they can take the pressure off the two young guys so they can go about their business and develop at their own pace.

We haven't decided what we're going to do yet, ... We're still talking about it. - Jim Duquette Quotes

We haven't decided what we're going to do yet, ... We're still talking about it.

I couldn't ask for a better way for him to handle the situation and the way he treated me and the responsibility he gave me, ... He didn't have to do that, obviously, but he made it easy for me. It made a potentially difficult situation for me much easier. - Jim Duquette Quotes

I couldn't ask for a better way for him to handle the situation and the way he treated me and the responsibility he gave me, ... He didn't have to do that, obviously, but he made it easy for me. It made a potentially difficult situation for me much easier.

Ask

Obviously, I'm leaving a situation that has turned around and is moving in the right direction, - Jim Duquette Quotes

Obviously, I'm leaving a situation that has turned around and is moving in the right direction,

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.' - Jim Duquette Quotes

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.'

Joe can help you in so many different ways. His versatility allows Art to have many different options throughout a game. - Jim Duquette Quotes

Joe can help you in so many different ways. His versatility allows Art to have many different options throughout a game.

Art

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. - Jim Duquette Quotes

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.

We weren't willing to make a guaranteed five-year offer, that was based on the advice of our doctors, ... Our offer was predicated on the health concern. - Jim Duquette Quotes

We weren't willing to make a guaranteed five-year offer, that was based on the advice of our doctors, ... Our offer was predicated on the health concern.

upper level management position to be determined. - Jim Duquette Quotes

upper level management position to be determined.

They really do have some good young talent, especially in the pitching department, - Jim Duquette Quotes

They really do have some good young talent, especially in the pitching department,

He has the opportunity to be selected for the U.S. team. That will be a great opportunity for him. - Jim Duquette Quotes

He has the opportunity to be selected for the U.S. team. That will be a great opportunity for him.

I'll believe what the player said and give him the benefit of the doubt. - Jim Duquette Quotes

I'll believe what the player said and give him the benefit of the doubt.

Doubt

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. - Jim Duquette Quotes

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.

He's highly motivated, and you like to take chances on those kinds of guys. - Jim Duquette Quotes

He's highly motivated, and you like to take chances on those kinds of guys.

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. - Jim Duquette Quotes

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.

Miguel said all he wanted was for the team to improve. He wants to win. He doesn't know how that got blown out of proportion, and he feels terrible the way it played out. - Jim Duquette Quotes

Miguel said all he wanted was for the team to improve. He wants to win. He doesn't know how that got blown out of proportion, and he feels terrible the way it played out.

This is the first time we heard this directly from him. We're elated that he's chosen to stay. We're all committed to improving the team, and it's easier to do it with Miguel than without him. - Jim Duquette Quotes

This is the first time we heard this directly from him. We're elated that he's chosen to stay. We're all committed to improving the team, and it's easier to do it with Miguel than without him.

First off, it's one of the historic franchises in baseball, ... These types of positions don't come around too often. I think it's a very good fit. I view it as a step up. If I thought it was a lateral move I wouldn't be coming down here. I feel I have more authority, more decision-making abilities with the Orioles than I do with the Mets. That's the reason I'm here. - Jim Duquette Quotes

First off, it's one of the historic franchises in baseball, ... These types of positions don't come around too often. I think it's a very good fit. I view it as a step up. If I thought it was a lateral move I wouldn't be coming down here. I feel I have more authority, more decision-making abilities with the Orioles than I do with the Mets. That's the reason I'm here.

Our pursuit of Kris goes back to November. One of our goals going into the off-season was to acquire another pitcher. - Jim Duquette Quotes

Our pursuit of Kris goes back to November. One of our goals going into the off-season was to acquire another pitcher.

Goals

First off, it's one of the historic franchises in baseball. These types of positions don't come around too often. I think it's a very good fit. I view it as a step up. If I thought it was a lateral move I wouldn't be coming down here. I feel I have more authority, more decision-making abilities with the Orioles than I do with the Mets. That's the reason I'm here. - Jim Duquette Quotes

First off, it's one of the historic franchises in baseball. These types of positions don't come around too often. I think it's a very good fit. I view it as a step up. If I thought it was a lateral move I wouldn't be coming down here. I feel I have more authority, more decision-making abilities with the Orioles than I do with the Mets. That's the reason I'm here.

We dabbled with getting a guy who could maybe be a transition closer until Chris could take over, but we were never really all that serious because we really feel like he's our guy. - Jim Duquette Quotes

We dabbled with getting a guy who could maybe be a transition closer until Chris could take over, but we were never really all that serious because we really feel like he's our guy.

We've been having a dialogue since the beginning of January. We're hopeful it's going to get done. He's obviously a guy we'd like to keep in an Oriole uniform for a number of years. - Jim Duquette Quotes

We've been having a dialogue since the beginning of January. We're hopeful it's going to get done. He's obviously a guy we'd like to keep in an Oriole uniform for a number of years.

The way it was relayed to us through his agent was that he's not a guy that likes coming off the bench. He's a guy who wants to play every day. He didn't have the desire to keep playing if it wasn't an everyday job. - Jim Duquette Quotes

The way it was relayed to us through his agent was that he's not a guy that likes coming off the bench. He's a guy who wants to play every day. He didn't have the desire to keep playing if it wasn't an everyday job.

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. - Jim Duquette Quotes

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.

Mind

The first factor is you have to see if the ability's there. The second factor is his mental capacity. How do you think he'll handle things as teams start to make adjustments to him? How will he handle failure at the Major League level? Everyone goes through that. Those are two of the factors, anyway. - Jim Duquette Quotes

The first factor is you have to see if the ability's there. The second factor is his mental capacity. How do you think he'll handle things as teams start to make adjustments to him? How will he handle failure at the Major League level? Everyone goes through that. Those are two of the factors, anyway.

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. - Jim Duquette Quotes

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.

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. - Jim Duquette Quotes

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.

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 versus 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. - Jim Duquette Quotes

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 versus 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.

I think we look at him a little differently in that there's a possibility he can play a little first base and give him a little more versatility. Right now, we feel that he'll still be an outfielder. You just never know in this game. When opportunities present themselves, they don't always present themselves in the form you're expecting. - Jim Duquette Quotes

I think we look at him a little differently in that there's a possibility he can play a little first base and give him a little more versatility. Right now, we feel that he'll still be an outfielder. You just never know in this game. When opportunities present themselves, they don't always present themselves in the form you're expecting.

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. - Jim Duquette Quotes

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.

You're impressed with the way he acts. He looks like he's a kid that belongs here and knows he can play here. He's not brash about it. He's got the quiet confidence that you see in good, young players. - Jim Duquette Quotes

You're impressed with the way he acts. He looks like he's a kid that belongs here and knows he can play here. He's not brash about it. He's got the quiet confidence that you see in good, young players.

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. - Jim Duquette Quotes

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.

We were trying to [complete a deal] because he said he would be willing [to have] an everyday job in Japan. We were trying to gauge interest, but at this point, most of the rosters are already set. - Jim Duquette Quotes

We were trying to [complete a deal] because he said he would be willing [to have] an everyday job in Japan. We were trying to gauge interest, but at this point, most of the rosters are already set.

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. - Jim Duquette Quotes

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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