Dan Duquette's Greatest Personnel Move

[Can_of_corn]

Vlad was pre-DD.

Well cross his name off then.

Sorry, very long night + three hours sleep get my math wonky.

[El Gordo]

Gonzo the cold killer gets my vote.

[24fps]

I'll go with Gonzo as well.

[LA2]

Preparing Manny Machado to play third base and bringing him up to the big leagues in 2012.

[Great8]

Didn't DD pick up O'Day off the scrap heap? That move has to rank up there.

[clapdiddy]

Didn't DD pick up O'Day off the scrap heap? That move has to rank up there.

O'Day was claimed BEFORE DD got here.

[33rdst]

O'Day was claimed BEFORE DD got here.

This is true but didn't DD sign him to an extension?

[Great8]

O'Day was claimed BEFORE DD got here.

Really? Huh! Must've been right before he got here, it was the 2011 offseason. When was DD hired?

[weams]

Really? Huh! Must've been right before he got here, it was the 2011 offseason. When was DD hired?

Buck signed him, Dan extended him.

[Finisher]

Gonzo when you factor in the cost and results.

[33rdst]

Gonzalez was perhaps his best. But getting Brad Brach last year from San Diego was a masterful under the radar move by DD.

[MdSooner]

Signing Adam Jones to the largest contract in O's history, 6/85.5m. Its a bargain.

This. I'm still stunned that Adam signed such a contract.

[spiritof66]

This. I'm still stunned that Adam signed such a contract.

The deal was served up to him a couple of feet outside and in the dirt. He couldn't resist it.

[weams]

Dom Chiti and Dave Wallace

[foxfield]

This. I'm still stunned that Adam signed such a contract.

This was a big deal when he signed it and not near as clear that it would be such a tremendous deal for the O's. Fantastic that it has worked out so well.

The deal was served up to him a couple of feet outside and in the dirt. He couldn't resist it.

Ok I had to chuckle here.