Report: Blue Jays interested in Duquette for team president (updated)
By Roch Kubatko
The Blue Jays are in the market for a new CEO/team president, and ESPN's Buster Olney is reporting that Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette is a candidate.
Duquette has been with the Orioles since November 2011, helping to guide the club to three straight winning seasons, its first seasons above .500 since 1996-97.
Duquette is under contract through 2018, but the Blue Jays' opening would mark a promotion, and thus the Orioles would have a hard time preventing him from going if he...The Blue Jays are in the market for a new CEO/team president, and ESPN's Buster Olney is reporting that Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette is a candidate.
Duquette has been with the Orioles since November 2011, helping to guide the club to three straight winning seasons, its first seasons above .500 since 1996-97.
Duquette is under contract through 2018, but the Blue Jays' opening would mark a promotion, and thus the Orioles would have a hard time preventing him from going if he desired.
Chicago White Sox executive vice president Ken Williams is also a candidate to replace Blue Jays CEO Paul Beeston, according to both Olney and FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal.
Update: Rosenthal is reporting that Duquette wants to leave for the Blue Jays' top job and that the Orioles could require compensation if he does so.
Duquette has been with the Orioles since November 2011, helping to guide the club to three straight winning seasons, its first seasons above .500 since 1996-97.
Duquette is under contract through 2018, but the Blue Jays' opening would mark a promotion, and thus the Orioles would have a hard time preventing him from going if he desired.
Chicago White Sox executive vice president Ken Williams is also a candidate to replace Blue Jays CEO Paul Beeston, according to both Olney and FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal.
Update: Rosenthal is reporting that Duquette wants to leave for the Blue Jays' top job and that the Orioles could require compensation if he does so.
