Dan Duquette wins Sporting News GM of the Year

[weams]

Well deserved. Dan had a brilliant year.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Dan Duquette is the first Oriole to receive Baseball American Executive of Year award, which has been given since 1998.</p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">December 2, 2014</a></blockquote>

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[Can_of_corn]

Even KLaw is on board. From his chat today:

Adam Trask (Salinas)

You were critical when Baltimore hired Dan Duquette but he has done very well. Where were you wrong or what did he do to improve?

Klaw

(1:36 PM)

I talked to NPR about this, but he's really changed his whole approach to player evaluation and acquisition - and I think they've drafted better and developed better in Baltimore than they did in Boston. His Red Sox teams had stars and some hidden-value finds, but he often overexposed the latter guys, and his teams were thin in the middle. These Orioles are nothing like that.

[Can_of_corn]

Dan (Miami)

The O's lost their leadoff man, cleanup hitter and will lose their best bullpen arm....yet their decision to pass in each case was correct. As a fan, how should I think about about this clear step back for 2015 when they were in the ALCS in 2014?

Klaw

(1:55 PM)

Smart. They played it all shrewdly, and maintain financial flexibility to go do something else, if not right away then later this winter (like the Ubaldo/Cruz deals, on which they went, well, one for two at least) or next offseason.