I think Dan Duquette has done a great job, but...

[Pickles]

AM had issues with how things were done in Latin America. DD, by all appearances, is operating with a limited budget.

Oh, you think the budget SHRUNK under DD?

Come now. That's laughable.

[Slappy]

DD keeps saying it and a lot here keep ignoring it - we're going to need money to sign our own. Davis, Wieters, Chen, even Machado are going to get expensive in the next few years. And this is by no means a large market team. The play it safe strategy is a good long-term one for competing.

[Can_of_corn]

Oh, you think the budget SHRUNK under DD?

Come now. That's laughable.

I didn't say that.

AM was ideologically opposed to the Buscone system. I think that even if he had more funds available he would not have participated greatly in the LA market. He made a nice fit with an owner who didn't care for spending large sums of money on very young players with dubious track records.

My guess is if PA would authorize the spending then DD would have been trading for other team's pool money.

[Can_of_corn]

DD keeps saying it and a lot here keep ignoring it - we're going to need money to sign our own. Davis, Wieters, Chen, even Machado are going to get expensive in the next few years. And this is by no means a large market team. The play it safe strategy is a good long-term one for competing.

Right because the $1,959,400 that the O's originally had in their pool would severely hamper them going forward.

[Redskins Rick]

I read that MASN contract doubles in 2014 to 51.7 million, which would be more than half of this year's payroll.

[Pickles]

I didn't say that.

AM was ideologically opposed to the Buscone system. I think that even if he had more funds available he would not have participated greatly in the LA market. He made a nice fit with an owner who didn't care for spending large sums of money on very young players with dubious track records.

My guess is if PA would authorize the spending then DD would have been trading for other team's pool money.

Well, as long as you admit this is all pure conjecture.

AM improved the international situation of the Orioles- greatly. DD seems to be following in his same path. Those are the facts.

All else is conjecture.

[Can_of_corn]

I read that MASN contract doubles in 2014 to 51.7 million, which would be more than half of this year's payroll.

Pretty please...link?

[Can_of_corn]

Well, as long as you admit this is all pure conjecture.

AM improved the international situation of the Orioles- greatly. DD seems to be following in his same path. Those are the facts.

All else is conjecture.

It is also a fact that he was opposed to the Buscones. Of course that doesn't prove that he wouldn't have spent huge sums of money if directed to.

[Malike]

DD has a long history of getting good players from the International markets going all the way back to his days with the Expos. I'm not worried how they're going to fare in that area.

[Redskins Rick]

Pretty please...link?

http://www.camdenchat.com/2013/2/14/3985782/baltimore-orioles-finances-revenues-expenses-is-peter-angelos-cheap

[Pickles]

It is also a fact that he was opposed to the Buscones. Of course that doesn't prove that he wouldn't have spent huge sums of money if directed to.

Yeah, he said something very similar to what DD said about the Dominican system.

The FACT is they treated/treating it exactly the same.

[Can_of_corn]

I read that MASN contract doubles in 2014 to 51.7 million, which would be more than half of this year's payroll.

National television fees shared - Each team shares the money paid by ESPN, Fox, and TBS. The contracts that will go into effect in 2014 should pay out $51.7 million - which is reported as more than double what teams presently get. Let's estimate $25 million for this past year and the upcoming year as well, which could be a little high. There is probably an additional amount shared for mlb.tv subscription fees.

That is the National deal, not MASN.

I was really hoping you had stumbled upon some unknown MASN info.

[Redskins Rick]

That is the National deal, not MASN.

I was really hoping you had stumbled upon some unknown MASN info.

Sorry, your right, I went back and reread it.

But, lets look at it this way, 51.7 of national tv money, and now throw in the MASN numbers. If the estimated numbers of 49 million is correct. Wow. Thats 100 million right there, not to mention any other source of revenue.

Dang, thats allot of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

[El Gordo]

If finding value on the International Market means finding guys like Gonzo, Henry U. and EdRod then I'm all for it.

[Fan4Life]

I disagree.

If you have the means you are generally better off buying quality merchandise.

Sounds like you are assuming Duquette has access to $$$ he isn't willing to spend. If you were referencing the ownership, then this is an appropriate assumption.