Jim Duquette

I can tell you, I don't care what kind of money they're making.

They don't want to write that check out of their own personal account.

They're a fascinating team because for that reason, like, you know, if you had gone back, you know, three years ago, you're right.

They were, they were trending up.

They had all this young talent that they had acquired.

They were starting to look like the Houston Astros 2.0, you know, from the Astros days when they drafted all those good players and they had Correa and Altuve and, you know, and, and

You know, they traded for Verlander and all those great teams.

George Springer, right?

Of course, when he was in Houston, they had those, you know, was it four World Series appearances, two World Series titles, something.

I mean, it was like every other year or every year they were in the World Series.

And that was the expectation with the Orioles.

Somewhere along the line, they've derailed the pitching program, at least in the minor leagues.

I was under serious question.

with guys that just throw hard but don't have any real pitch ability in their position player group, a lot of them, when they've come up to the major leagues, they've had a lot of swing and miss in their game.

I'm not talking about, you know, Gunnar Henderson or Andrew Rutschman, but...

Colton Couser, who was a former first-round pick, and Kobe Mayo was a former first-rounder, and Heston Kerstad was a former.

When I say former first-rounders, they're like picked in the top five in the amateur draft.

Those are guys that are supposed to be impactful, and they haven't been.

So there are a lot of questions here locally.

I'm still living in Baltimore around the general manager and the job that he's done.