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Dan Duquette Won’t Return To Orioles; Team Will Hire New GM From Outside Organization

By Steve Adams | October 3, 2018 at 7:10pm CDT

7:10pm: The Orioles have announced that neither Duquette nor Showalter will be retained for the 2019 season. Director of player development Brian Graham will oversee baseball operations while the team conducts a search for an outside hire. He’s been with the team since 2007 and previously served as an interim GM for the Pirates as well.

“The club will hire an executive from outside of the organization to lead the Baseball Operations department,” the Orioles said in tonight’s press release. “Once in place, this individual will have the final determination on all baseball matters that he or she believes will make the Orioles successful on the field, entertaining to fans, and impactful in the community.”

5:06pm: The Orioles have indeed moved on from Duquette, tweets Fancred’s Jon Heyman.

4:59pm: Not only will the Orioles reportedly part ways with manager Buck Showalter, they’re also “expected to let go” executive vice president/general manager Dan Duquette, reports Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (Twitter link).

Dan Duquette

Like Showalter, Duquette’s contract expires at the end of the 2018 season. However, while reports in recent weeks had largely indicated that Showalter was likely to depart, the general sense was that the organization would hang onto Duquette. Instead, it now seems that the Orioles will be looking for both a new field manager and a new head of baseball operations this offseason.

Duquette, 60, has been with the O’s since the 2011 season and helped to orchestrate three postseason appearances, including an AL East division title in 2014. That said, Duquette’s fingerprints are also on the 2018 season’s MLB-worst 47-115 team — the fewest wins in franchise history. Not all of that disappointment can be placed on Duquette alone, as owner Peter Angelos has had his own detrimental impact on the organization at times. While Angelos gave the front office plenty of payroll capacity with which to work, he also reportedly had little interest in investing on the international amateur free agent market and was also said to be instrumental in bringing back Chris Davis on what is perhaps baseball’s worst contract at this point.

Duquette’s tenure with the O’s featured some notable successes — e.g. signing Nelson Cruz when his market collapsed in the 2013-14 offseason, extending J.J. Hardy, the initial acquisition of Mark Trumbo for pennies on the dollar — but there were as many, if not more missteps along the way as well. Free-agent deals for Ubaldo Jimenez and Yovani Gallardo proved to be busts, and the trade sending Jake Arrieta to the Cubs will go down as one of the more lopsided swaps in recent history, even if Arrieta had plenty of chances in Baltimore and was considered to be a project at the time of the deal.

Whoever steps into the GM chair in Baltimore, be it vice president Brady Anderson or an outside hire, will take over a rebuild that Duquette kicked off in earnest this past summer with the trade of Manny Machado to the Dodgers. The Orioles netted five prospects in that trade and, not long after, had also shipped out Jonathan Schoop, Zach Britton, Brad Brach, Kevin Gausman and the remainder of the injured Darren O’Day’s contract — netting a combined 13 new prospects and some significant international funds to aid their reported pursuit of Cuban phenom Victor Victor Mesa.

The Orioles’ farm system has improved with those deals and with the success of some recent draft picks, but the organization still faces a long road back to contention in a stacked AL East division that features a pair of powerhouses in the Red Sox and Yankees, plus a surprising 90-win Rays team that has an impressive young core of stars around which to build.

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  1. Bowadoyle

    3 years ago

    Can they let the owner go?

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    • mgraub00

      3 years ago

      Wouldn’t that be amazing.

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    • imgman09

      3 years ago

      Have a Lottery to own a he Team

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    • dimitrios in la

      3 years ago

      Owner stays. He/they have actually been just fine.

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      • refereemn77

        3 years ago

        Owner in Baltimore has been half the problem. Specifically staying out of the IFA market, Chris Davis, etc.

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      • danumd87

        3 years ago

        Are you mad?! Angelos has been amongst the worst owners in history. He is the worst owner in modern baseball. The guy has been a plague upon the Orioles franchise, taking them from being a premier organization and baseball town to a joke in a city that has been given no reason to show up.

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      • ln13

        3 years ago

        I’m beginning to think dimitrios is actually one of the Angelos brothers.

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        • jbigz12

          3 years ago

          Yeah there’s reasonable homerism for your team but you can’t look at everything with rose colored glasses all the time.

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    • Strauss

      3 years ago

      Please take Williams from the White Sox. Please please please!

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  2. acarneglia

    3 years ago

    I think Duquette was more at fault than Buck. DD gave Buck very limited talent to work with and prior to trading Machadon, Schoop, and others hadn’t really done much to prepare for the future.

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    • JDGoat

      3 years ago

      Pretty much this. I will cut DD a bit of slack though. He was handcuffed by an owner that seemed to almost intentionally try to sabotage his team. Almost identical to Pierre Dorion and the Ottawa Senators.

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      • dimitrios in la

        3 years ago

        Not sure there’s any evidence—at all— that PA tried to sabotage the team; there is however plenty of evidence to the contrary.

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        • JDGoat

          3 years ago

          Not allowing the team to sign IFA’s. Always dumpster diving despite only being a couple pieces away from being legit contenders. That could be on DD though not sure.

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        • EverlastingDave

          3 years ago

          Not allowing your front office to invest in the international amateur market for multiple decades sounds like sabotage to me.

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        • Reflect

          3 years ago

          Chris Davis by himself is plenty of sabotage.

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        • jbigz12

          3 years ago

          I don’t think he intentionally sabotaged the team. He did hurt us severely but he truly doesn’t believe in spending the money for the IFA’s and thought Davis was a franchise player. He was just wrong and pretty much everyone knew it.

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    • js20011041

      3 years ago

      i agree. I’ll crap on Buck all day for how he handled Zach Britton against the Blue Jays, but he isn’t the one that built the roster. He didn’t sign Chris Davis to an unconscionable contract. He didn’t build the roster. I’m not even sure I’d blame Duquette before I’d blame Angelos and his spawn. But I definitely wouldn’t blame Buck. Having said that, this team is going to be awful for many years. If anything, this was a mercy killing. Buck is free now from this terrible, god awful organization.

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      • ln13

        3 years ago

        Do you really believe that Buck had no influence on the roster, especially the re-signing of Chris Davis? Buck loves him some Chris Davis.

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  3. bringoutthegimp

    3 years ago

    They should have turned the comments section off on this post two!

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    • MetsYankeesRedSox

      3 years ago

      Too….not two

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      • bringoutthegimp

        3 years ago

        Sorry I’m a Trump Supporter!

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        • JDGoat

          3 years ago

          Lmao

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        • MetsYankeesRedSox

          3 years ago

          MAGA!!!

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    • Joel

      3 years ago

      ouch

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  4. Lefty_Orioles_Fan

    3 years ago

    Orioles better do things by the numbers this time
    Hire a GM and then you hire a Manager.

    I am not surprised that Duquette left, he never had any real authority over Showalter

    PS I WILL NOT MISS SHOWALTER! Bah Humbug!

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    • brooksnumber5is1

      3 years ago

      What? Dan handcuffed Buck with the Rule 5 guys and retreads.

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  5. sovtechno

    3 years ago

    Was ownership at fault? Probably. But if you like your job you should probably avoid publicly blaming them for the teams failure.

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    • stansfield123

      3 years ago

      Why do you assume that DD, or Showalter for that matter, liked their job? They’ll both be much happier working for someone else.

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  6. dimitrios in la

    3 years ago

    Wow. Didn’t see this coming.

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  7. kpak

    3 years ago

    About time the house is cleaned.

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  8. HalosHeavenJJ

    3 years ago

    As long as the owner goes over the GM’s head to sign contracts like the Davis one and prevents his team from accessing international talent, there won’t be much improvement.

    This scenario is similar to the Angels a few years ago and we’re just now starting to dig out of it (farm system rising, some payroll flexibility).

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  9. raytown17

    3 years ago

    The next GM of the Orioles is not going to be able to help much since the damage has been done

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    • Astros_fan_84

      3 years ago

      Disagree. The question is will the next GM be able to sell Angelos on a full rebuild while the bad contracts play out?

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  10. eyoung11

    3 years ago

    I’m proud of Jon Heyman. He’s finally using capital letters and not tweeting in all lower case

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  11. geejohnny

    3 years ago

    Whoever okayed the Davis extension and the Cobb signing will forever have that albatross on their resume.

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    • dimitrios in la

      3 years ago

      Not sure I view the Cobb signing that way. Bad year, should be a very solid rotation piece.

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    • johnrealtime

      3 years ago

      Yeah cobb was quite good in the second half. Seems he didn’t respond well to missing Spring Training. I think he’ll be solid next year

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      • matt4baseball

        3 years ago

        Look on the brightside, The Rays would send the Os lots of minor league pitching talent (#2 minor league talent in baseball) for Cobb if they would pay 1/2 his salary?

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    • MT in Baltimore

      3 years ago

      don’t see how you can equate those two contracts…

      Cobb is an important stabilizer for the next two years.

      Davis is an automatic out and has no role whatsoever on a rebuilding team…none.

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      • Astros_fan_84

        3 years ago

        Davis sells tickets. He’s a good guy and strong supporter of the community. A good Christian with a good work ethic. His baseball skills are irrelevant. Life is about more. Baltimore is lucky to have a high character guy like Chris Davis.

        Okay, that was a load of BS. I’m thrilled the O’s have the Davis contract. It pretty much guarantees irrelevance for the franchise. One less opponent for the smart teams.

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  12. Pops

    3 years ago

    This is great news!!!

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  13. BigBaltimoreFan

    3 years ago

    I feel better now. If DD had stayed an Buck was gone I was seriously considering the decision making. Dan took over what Andy McPhail started. Problem is the McPhail philosophy was “grow the arms buy the bats.” Then DD let’s Nelson Cruz walk, that made Peter Angelos determined to sign Davis. Then Duquettw loads up on 3 First Basemen screwing Buck who wanted pitching and defense. Mancini was ok considering his experience, Trumbo was barely adequate, though he tried. Then Dan proceeded to trade away young pitching. Last time I looked we had 4 starters on major league teams and a few relievers. Big Question is Brady Anderson the winner of the power struggle. I just hope they move fast, which has not been their SOP!
    Like free Agents, the best GM’s and Managers will go fast

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  14. redrooster

    3 years ago

    Why are comments turned off for the Addison Russell article?

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    • californiatribesman

      3 years ago

      ????

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  15. Out of place Met fan

    3 years ago

    Probably the most qualified for the Mets GM job.

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  16. jlahman

    3 years ago

    I can see it now,Brady Anderson as GM, n Jim Palmer as manager!

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  17. simschifan

    3 years ago

    They should sign Manny Machado and Bryce Harper

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  18. redsox18

    3 years ago

    The O’s once Again showing why they’re the worst organization in the sport.
    The Blue Jays wanted to interview DD for a better position and the O’s didn’t allow it smh.

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    • Ray Hunt

      3 years ago

      Not the O’s…. Ange-LOSE

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  19. RAS TN

    3 years ago

    Chris Davis signing, enough said!!!

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    • ln13

      3 years ago

      Are you blaming that on Duquette?

      That was all Angelos and Showalter.

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  20. xabial

    3 years ago

    Will he resurface? Dan was crippled by a stubborn owner. Peter Angelos is a Poor man’s Arte Moreno Lol.

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  21. metvibes

    3 years ago

    Hope the Mets don’t consider Duquette he made very poor decisiones as GM.

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  22. bobtillman

    3 years ago

    So, there you go, fantasy GMs. You’ve got ageing, pretty terrible roster that’s SOMEWHAT costly (it’s not terrible, really, adjusted to revenue) , a minor league system that’s not horrible, but is full of a lot of low ceiling guys, and no field staff,

    Where do you begin?

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    • txtgab

      3 years ago

      I actually would like to see a Chris Davis for Pujols trade straight up. Money is almost identical (Davis 4 yrs less AAV, Pujols 3 yrs more AAV). Angels need someone more capable than Pujols at 1B to leave Ohtani at DH, plus they do need LH power and Davis is a lottery ticket for them. Pujols on the other hand can chase accomplishments with little pressure in Baltimore, his contract would come off the books, just as soon as they start getting ready to take off the rebuild label.

      Oh and also this frees up about 7m a year annually for Angels, immediate salary relief for 2019-2021 gives them a shot to push chips all in for Trout extension.

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      • bobtillman

        3 years ago

        Not a bad first shot at all. Moreover, it relocates the “face of failure” for each franchise.

        You’re hired….don’t worry, I hear Angelos is generous……

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      • jayfaraday

        3 years ago

        I like where you’re going with this but Pujols would never agree to that trade with his 10-5 rights.

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      • jbigz12

        3 years ago

        Chris Davis is unwatchable. I’d easily take pujols for him at this point. Maybe he’d find some life again in LA because he is absolutely horrific.

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  23. flippinbats79

    3 years ago

    Someone Chris Davis is taking a bath in his gold plated bathtub listening to “All By Myself” and sobbing

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  24. ScottCarriere

    3 years ago

    Arrietta would never have become the pitcher he is had he stayed in the O’s organization. It was the changes they forced on him that hindered him.

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  25. Trevor

    3 years ago

    I think the big question is what to do with Chris Davis.

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    • refereemn77

      3 years ago

      I guess you could DFA him. I can’t see another club touching that awful contract.

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  26. yaketymac

    3 years ago

    As they should let Duquette go. No team needs a clean sweep more

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  27. yaketymac

    3 years ago

    Keep the sharp objects away from Nick Cafardo. There goes his two favorite subjects

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  28. mmarinersfan

    3 years ago

    Now the Angelos’s won’t be taking this franchise to the ground anymore!

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  29. nentwigs

    3 years ago

    How about Bobby Evans? LOL

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  30. Jeff Kisamore

    3 years ago

    Good riddance. Dan plucked David Ortiz of the waiver wire and his be riding that ever since. He was horrible.

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  31. kahnkobra

    3 years ago

    should keep Buck as president of baseball ops/gm

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    • ln13

      3 years ago

      Yeah, because this team needs more Chris Davises, Chris Tillmans and Ubaldo Jiminezes. Buck loved him some Chrisses and Ubaldo.

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  32. utleysk

    3 years ago

    Can the Orioles take Matt Klentak off the Phillies hands? I certainly hope that the Phillies dump Klentak and Gape Kapler.

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  33. citizen

    3 years ago

    Buck and duquette brought the Os to the playoffs after years of disapointment. Couldnt maintain the success and their window closed. bad free agents signings never panning out. time for a change. mets owner is worser.
    John Hart available?

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    • Adam6710

      3 years ago

      And the bad free agent signings aren’t Duquette’s fault… why? He gave Chris Davis one of the worst contracts in MLB history.

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      • citizen

        3 years ago

        im saying buck and duquette brought the os back into contention. the bad free agent signings didn’t maintain it. totally duquettes fault for that.

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  34. Brad

    3 years ago

    From Reds fans all over, good luck.

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  35. Adam6710

    3 years ago

    Joe Girardi, Orioles new General Manager and manager.

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  36. imgman09

    3 years ago

    Mets and Orioles should merge!

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