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Dan Duquette, Chris Davis among biggest questions facing Orioles at FanFest
The Orioles' annual winter convention, FanFest, is supposed to be a celebration of the upcoming season, a chance to talk to players and staff before they head down to spring training. Often, though, other storylines are thrust to center stage, elbowing out the promise — or potential frustration — of the nearing campaign. In 2006, FanFest was dominated by star shortstop Miguel Tejada's trade demands. In 2010, the Baltimore Convention Center was abuzz with word that Tejada, who had been traded after the 2007 season, was returning as a free agent. The next year, all anyone could focus on were rumors that free agent Vladimir Guerrero would become an Oriole. In 2013,...
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Dan Duquette, Chris Davis among biggest questions facing Orioles at FanFest
The Orioles' annual winter convention, FanFest, is supposed to be a celebration of the upcoming season, a chance to talk to players and staff before they head down to spring training.
Often, though, other storylines are thrust to center stage, elbowing...
Dan Duquette: 'I'm not used to being a trade rumor'
Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette has spent this offseason staying quiet about his future with the organization, even as speculation increased throughout the winter that he was linked to — and coveted — the Toronto Blue Jays’ team president...
New Oriole Travis Snider's biggest fan learned of trade from across the world
The Orioles gained a left-handed hitting outfielder with a funny Twitter handle when they acquired former Pirates outfielder Travis Snider this week.
An 8-year-old boy in Thailand via Pittsburgh lost his hero, and his dad wrote about it in a way that...
Dan Duquette and Travis Snider discuss Tuesday's trade
The Orioles held a teleconference Friday with executive vice president Dan Duquette and new outfielder Travis Snider, whom the Orioles acquired in a trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday. Snider will not be at FanFest; a huge Seattle Seahawks fan...
Travis Snider: 'I don't expect opportunity to be handed to me'
Travis Snider entered the offseason thinking he might be playing for a new team in 2015. He knew the Pittsburgh Pirates had a group of talented young outfielders and were likely to give their starting right field job to phenom Gregory Polanco, leaving...
Ex-Ravens coordinator Cavanaugh to coach Redskins QBs
At the conclusion of a 4-12 campaign in his first year at the helm of the Washington Redskins, head coach Jay Gruden vowed to make whatever changes would improve the team's performance heading into the 2015 season.
On Wednesday team officials announced...
Orioles sign Chris Parmelee, Dane De La Rosa to minor league deals with spring training invites
The Orioles still have yet to fill their top offseason priority, acquiring a left-handed hitting outfielder, but executive vice president Dan Duquette believes that former first-round pick Chris Parmelee can help fill that hole.
The club signed...
Orioles acquire outfielder Travis Snider in trade with Pirates
The Orioles acquired the left-handed-hitting outfielder they had been seeking all offseason, trading a minor league pitcher and a player to be named later to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night for Travis Snider.
The Orioles have had interest in...
Looking at what's next for the Orioles and Dan Duquette
Hours before the Toronto Blue Jays announced Monday that they were retaining team president and chief executive officer Paul Beeston for the upcoming season -- ending their pursuit of Dan Duquette for that post, at least for now -- the Orioles executive...
Blue Jays announce Paul Beeston will return for 2015, retire after season
The Toronto Blue Jays made their first public statement regarding their team president and chief-executive-officer position Monday evening, announcing that Paul Beeston will remain in the position for the 2015 season.
The announcement seemingly ends...
How does report of Paul Beeston staying for 2015 change Dan Duquette's situation?
A report out of Toronto surfaced Wednesday saying that Toronto Blue Jays team president and CEO Paul Beeston will remain in his current post for the 2015 season.
Toronto radio host Bob McCown told his listeners on SportsNet 590 AM that Beeston would...
Thoughts on the latest in the Dan Duquette saga and incentives for Ryan Flaherty
The latest chapter in the Dan Duquette drama took another step forward on Sunday, fueled by a SportsNet report out of Canada that the Toronto Blue Jays have ended negotiations with the Orioles on a compensation package to let Duquette out of his contract....
Blue Jays won't meet Orioles' demands, reportedly pull out of talks for Dan Duquette
While the Orioles became more open in recent days to allowing Dan Duquette to go to the Toronto Blue Jays, the biggest obstacle remained whether the two sides could agree on a compensation package in order to allow the executive vice president out of...
A timeline to recap the storyline on Dan Duquette and the Blue Jays
On Sunday, a Sportsnet.ca report said the Toronto Blue Jays have pulled out of negotiations for a compensation package to allow Dan Duquette to leave his contract with the Orioles to become their president and chief executive officer.
But is that...
After Colby Rasmus signs with Astros, Orioles exploring other outfield options
With their top free-agent choice for an outfield spot, Colby Rasmus, now off the board after he signed a one-year, $8 million deal with the Houston Astros, the Orioles will continue to explore other available options.
One possibility who now moves up the...
Orioles thoughts and observations on Dan Duquette, arbitration and Daniel Rodriguez
As Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette’s future with the organization remains in question, he and manager Buck Showalter will spend the weekend on the offseason banquet circuit.
Showalter will attend the Baseball Writers' Association of America...
Before Dan Duquette takes stage at FanFest, Orioles need to take stance on his future
In less than a week, thousands of Orioles fans will head downtown for the team's annual FanFest event, where players, coaches and front-office decision-makers stoke expectations for the coming season.
It is a popular rite of winter that allows the...
Updated thoughts on the Dan Duquette situation
I learned long ago not to handicap things in this job. Because you never know what will happen to make things change.
I thought last week that there was little-to-no chance the Orioles and managing partner Peter Angelos would allow executive vice...
How much are Dan Duquette and other top execs really worth?
The Toronto Blue Jays' pursuit of Dan Duquette has become a fascinating story on many levels, but one question keeps hitting me amid all the will-he-or-won’t-he speculation: What is Duquette actually worth?
It’s a more nebulous issue than you might...
Duquette-to-Toronto drumbeat is getting louder
The last time anybody looked, Dan Duquette was still the Orioles’ executive vice president of baseball operations, but the longer speculation is allowed to mount about his possible jump to the Toronto Blue Jays, the more likely he’s going to...
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