Dan Duquette to be on ESPN Radio with Jim Bowden @2pm.

[GoldGlove21]

Would you make the trade:

Nick to ATL

and

Jurrjens, Prado, and a prospect to BAL?

Basically same Joens trade except its Markakis instead

If trading Markakis for JJ, Prado and JR Graham means that we save $12.5M or so this year and $15M next year and use that money to get Fielder than yes. If that saving does not go into a true upgrade than maybe/no. Prado could always be flipped for a decent prospect as well. Put it this way, if I can only keep Markakis or Jones than give me Jones. I say that and really like how Markakis plays the game. I would just prefer than he play the game making $10M per season that $13M-$15M per.

[GoldGlove21]

Getting back to Matusz. Palmer said on the air,last year that the Yankees told him they knew what pitch Matusz was going to throw. I have heard this from other people as well. He needs to work on this to get better.

How? Is it a tipping thing or is it a pitch pattern issue? Getting ahead in the count increases the odds of getting hitters out without throwing a strike which effectively makes the pitch hard to hit in most cases.

[Hank Scorpio]

Getting back to Matusz. Palmer said on the air,last year that the Yankees told him they knew what pitch Matusz was going to throw. I have heard this from other people as well. He needs to work on this to get better.

Yeah, you know, that could be kind of a disadvantage.

[GoldGlove21]

I don't want Prado, and I want a decent prospect. I'm very interested in shedding his contract, but I'm not sold on Jair's health. I'd like Brandon Drury back in the deal.

I would take JJ, but I want another quality prospect. Andrelten Simmons is a very good prospect as is JR Graham. The Braves have pitching so I would rather include some of that young pitching into the deal and leave Prado out of the deal.

[Dipper9]

Thanks for posting the transcript.

The Fielder question wasn't answered.

The question that was answered was the first one:

And then Duquette talks about the pitching which is a big part of his plan.

He never said, they weren't in on Fielder or anything about him at all.

The less said, the more something is in the works IMO. He could have just come out and said that what Roch and Britt and Dan Connolly had all been saying but he completely sidestepped the question.

IMO Duquette is working on Fielder negotiations but he's doing everything he can to make everybody think otherwise and he's waiting for the price to go down just like the other teams.

/Merry Christmas

[33rdst]

Really? He is a GM for a MLB team and built a team into a World Series Champion and he is not the sharpest tool in the shed? What did Jim Duquette win? Jim Duquette is famous for trading Scott Kazmir for Victor Zambrano while serving as the Mets GM in 2004 before being replaced by Omar Minaya. Dan Duquette was the GM for the Expos from 1991 through 1994 and the Red Sox from 1994 through 2002. Duquette was the farm director for the Expos from 1987 through 1991. Duquette is credited for leading the turn around for both the Expos and Red Sox.

Here is a list of players that Dan Duquette drafted and signed while serving as a GM.

Marquis Grissom

Cliff Floyd

Rondell White

Vlad Guerrero

Javier Vasquez

Orlando Cabrera

With the Expos Duquette traded for John Wetteland and Pedro Martinez. While with the Red Sox Duquette traded for Tim Wakefield, Pedro Martinez, Derek Lowe, Jason Varitek. He also signed Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon. He also traded Jorge De La Rosa for Curt Schiling. He also drafted Garciaparra, Youkilis, David Eckstein, Adam Everett, Freddy Sanchez and Hanley Ramirez.

Are we still putting more stock into Jim Duquette opinion than Dan Duquette? I am glad that we have this idiot based on his track record as a quality baseball guy and our track record as a crap organization.

Excellent post. I think a number of people here are confusing eloquence with intelligence. Duquette does not have the slick tongue MacPhail had but in just over a month he has done more for our international draft and player development then MacPhail did in 4 years. Frankly, I prefer DD's straight talk to te alternative. Rep for you.

[Mr Snuffleupagus]

How? Is it a tipping thing or is it a pitch pattern issue? Getting ahead in the count increases the odds of getting hitters out without throwing a strike which effectively makes the pitch hard to hit in most cases.

I don't remember anything coming from the Yankees, but I do remember this...

http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php/115176-Matusz-tidbit-I-found-interesting?p=2577202#post2577202

[Dipper9]

Thanks for posting the transcript.

The Fielder question wasn't answered.

The question that was answered was the first one:

And then Duquette talks about the pitching which is a big part of his plan.

He never said, they weren't in on Fielder or anything about him at all.

The less said, the more something is in the works IMO. He could have just come out and said that what Roch and Britt and Dan Connolly had all been saying but he completely sidestepped the question.

IMO Duquette is working on Fielder negotiations but he's doing everything he can to make everybody think otherwise and he's waiting for the price to go down just like the other teams.

Double D is taking the classy approach by just laughing at the question. What he's thinking is this....

"We suck. We have sucked for 14 years, and in my two months here I have seen nothing to indicate we won't suck next year as well. If you think I'm gonna spend $200 MILLION on a fat player who will be worth half that in about 3-4 years, you are smoking some serious stuff man."

[GoldGlove21]

Double D is taking the classy approach by just laughing at the question. What he's thinking is this....

"We suck. We have sucked for 14 years, and in my two months here I have seen nothing to indicate we won't suck next year as well. If you think I'm gonna spend $200 MILLION on a fat player who will be worth half that in about 3-4 years, you are smoking some serious stuff man."

LOL, I do not know about his opinion on Fielder, but yours is funny. Fielder can hit a baseball really well and we need that in our team. His has fire in his belly and we need that on our team IMO. That being said, I think it is important for us to really understand where we are right now. We are a TERRIBLE baseball team and I know that because we were terrible in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Our core isn't doing enough to contend right now and adding a guy like Fielder this year while losing in 2012 and 2013 doesn't make a whole lot of sense. With that said, I really want Prince Fielder! :laughlol:

[Can_of_corn]

LOL, I do not know about his opinion on Fielder, but yours is funny. Fielder can hit a baseball really well and we need that in our team. His has fire in his belly and we need that on our team IMO. That being said, I think it is important for us to really understand where we are right now. We are a TERRIBLE baseball team and I know that because we were terrible in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Our core isn't doing enough to contend right now and adding a guy like Fielder this year while losing in 2012 and 2013 doesn't make a whole lot of sense. With that said, I really want Prince Fielder! :laughlol:

That isn't fire, its a vegetarian Turducken.

[Going Underground]

That isn't fire, its a vegetarian Turducken.

I saw that at Shoprite. Was looking for AJ Burnett and ask him if he would come to the O's but did not see him. Have to be careful how you say the word.I wonder if the OH sends him alot of Tofurky will Fielder come to Baltimore.

http://tofurky.com/tofurkyproducts/holiday_products.html

[JayThomas]

Really? He is a GM for a MLB team and built a team into a World Series Champion and he is not the sharpest tool in the shed? What did Jim Duquette win? Jim Duquette is famous for trading Scott Kazmir for Victor Zambrano while serving as the Mets GM in 2004 before being replaced by Omar Minaya. Dan Duquette was the GM for the Expos from 1991 through 1994 and the Red Sox from 1994 through 2002. Duquette was the farm director for the Expos from 1987 through 1991. Duquette is credited for leading the turn around for both the Expos and Red Sox.

Here is a list of players that Dan Duquette drafted and signed while serving as a GM.

Marquis Grissom

Cliff Floyd

Rondell White

Vlad Guerrero

Javier Vasquez

Orlando Cabrera

With the Expos Duquette traded for John Wetteland and Pedro Martinez. While with the Red Sox Duquette traded for Tim Wakefield, Pedro Martinez, Derek Lowe, Jason Varitek. He also signed Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon. He also traded Jorge De La Rosa for Curt Schiling. He also drafted Garciaparra, Youkilis, David Eckstein, Adam Everett, Freddy Sanchez and Hanley Ramirez.

Are we still putting more stock into Jim Duquette opinion than Dan Duquette? I am glad that we have this idiot based on his track record as a quality baseball guy and our track record as a crap organization.

Great post. We should feel very lucky that we came out of that s*@#show that was our GM hiring process with this guy. We've not had a guy who can function in this role under AM since Gillick. Our good fortune is amazing, really, that a guy this good had been on the sidelines and was ready to come off just as we were looking. Duke is one of the best GM's out there.

[atomic]

Really? He is a GM for a MLB team and built a team into a World Series Champion and he is not the sharpest tool in the shed? What did Jim Duquette win? Jim Duquette is famous for trading Scott Kazmir for Victor Zambrano while serving as the Mets GM in 2004 before being replaced by Omar Minaya. Dan Duquette was the GM for the Expos from 1991 through 1994 and the Red Sox from 1994 through 2002. Duquette was the farm director for the Expos from 1987 through 1991. Duquette is credited for leading the turn around for both the Expos and Red Sox.

Here is a list of players that Dan Duquette drafted and signed while serving as a GM.

Marquis Grissom

Cliff Floyd

Rondell White

Vlad Guerrero

Javier Vasquez

Orlando Cabrera

With the Expos Duquette traded for John Wetteland and Pedro Martinez. While with the Red Sox Duquette traded for Tim Wakefield, Pedro Martinez, Derek Lowe, Jason Varitek. He also signed Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon. He also traded Jorge De La Rosa for Curt Schiling. He also drafted Garciaparra, Youkilis, David Eckstein, Adam Everett, Freddy Sanchez and Hanley Ramirez.

Are we still putting more stock into Jim Duquette opinion than Dan Duquette? I am glad that we have this idiot based on his track record as a quality baseball guy and our track record as a crap organization.

He is such a quality guy no one would hire him for 10 years.

[33rdst]

He is such a quality guy no one would hire him for 10 years.

Why are you so down on Duquette?

[JayThomas]

He is such a quality guy no one would hire him for 10 years.

He wasn't looking ... and he clearly has interpersonal issues. (But) his record of player evaluation and transaction execution is extremely good. You can go hire your touchy feely kindergarten teacher if you want. Give me Duke.