Jim Duquette Quotes

Our feeling was let's not block him and sign a guy to a long-term contract unless he's a dominating closer like B.J. was. There really wasn't that kind of animal on the free agent market.

- Jim Duquette

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It all started in his mind right after his wife went into the hospital. He started thinking about whether he really had the desire to keep going. We let him take a couple extra days just to make sure that was his final decision. He's not going to change his mind at this point. - Jim Duquette

Of course wewatch what the Yankees do... but our feeling is they're an island in the game. We're not going to compete with their payroll or revenues. We expect that this team will have a lot more fun than last year's, doing it quietly, without a $180million payroll. - Jim Duquette

It's still ongoing, so I don't have a number for you. But there have been a fair amount of scouts fired or reassigned on the amateur side. - Jim Duquette