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Toronto names Mark Shapiro president

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Good info and glad that the prediction of a repeat of last off season has been squashed early. Thanks.

Thank god we won't have to deal with that whole circus again....agreed.

Actually this is a decentish hire on their part. Shapiro is far from a genius level executive but he is not an idiot either. Every GM has their bad signings but he has developed talent in Cleveland.

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Are we really happy keeping DD?

We need a GM who can build an organization from the ground up, lead a re-build.

Is that anywhere on DD's resume?

I don't think so.

Short answer re keeping DD: Yes.

Long answer: Hell yes.

Context: Gound-up rebuild ain't happening.

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Thank god we won't have to deal with that whole circus again....agreed.

Actually this is a decentish hire on their part. Shapiro is far from a genius level executive but he is not an idiot either. Every GM has their bad signings but he has developed talent in Cleveland.

I actually believe Shapiro is a really good baseball executive hamstrung by terrible ownership. As the Indians GM, he acquired Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips, Grady Sizemore, Travis Hafner, Shin-Shoo Choo, Asdrubal Cabrera, Michael Brantley, Jason Kipnis, Carlos Santana, and Corey Kluber. That's a lot of talent that coming through Cleveland over the years. It's not his fault ownership was too cheap to pay for most of that talent. Shapiro did his job and he did his job very well.

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I still think Duquette will be gone after this season. Didn't he have to be dragged kicking and screaming out of retirement to take this job? And now with the late season collapse of the Orioles, I think at seasons end he will say his goodbyes, pack his bags, and go.

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I still think Duquette will be gone after this season. Didn't he have to be dragged kicking and screaming out of retirement to take this job? And now with the late season collapse of the Orioles, I think at seasons end he will say his goodbyes, pack his bags, and go.

Dragged kicking and screaming out of retirement? Do you have any evidence for this nonsense?

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I still think Duquette will be gone after this season. Didn't he have to be dragged kicking and screaming out of retirement to take this job? And now with the late season collapse of the Orioles, I think at seasons end he will say his goodbyes, pack his bags, and go.

He sat alone and ignored in the hotel lobby during the winter meetings during his "retirement".

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I still think Duquette will be gone after this season. Didn't he have to be dragged kicking and screaming out of retirement to take this job? And now with the late season collapse of the Orioles, I think at seasons end he will say his goodbyes, pack his bags, and go.

It was exactly the opposite, actually. Duquette was looking for a job in baseball for 10 years after the Red Sox fired him. He was hanging around winter meetings every year trying to get someone to hire him.

If there's anyone who is especially thankful of having a major league GM job, it's Dan Duquette. He's not just going to walk away because of one bad season.

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