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Jim Duquette
3:52
yes, maybe 7 years
Chris from nj
3:53
What did you have in your reports that valued Zambrano over Kazmir?
Jim Duquette
3:58
its a more detailed answer that I'll save for my book .... however we were tasked with winning right away and had to reduce our payroll by over 30% from the prior year, the only real way to do both was to trade a top prospect for quality starting pitching.... plus we thought Kaz was going to be guy that broke down eventually and he never did... we never saw the real Zambrano because he was basically hurt when we acquired him and our medicals didn't see that in the notes until months later
Shawn Wingate
3:58
Do you think with a healthy Ronald Acuna JR this year the Braves could win it all even without Dansby Swanson?
Jim Duquette
3:59
yes on the Braves... If Acuna was an MVP, they're going to go far again !
David
3:59
Did the Wilpons ever veto a move you wanted to make? Can you tell us what they were?
Jim Duquette
3:59
yes, and NO!!! haha
4:00
we were hampered many times over the "budget" , and I'll leave it at that
Guest
4:00
Hi Jim can tell me why the Mets did not pursue Chris bassist in the offseason
Jim Duquette
4:01
I was surprised about Bassitt too but I think they wanted to upgrade the staff with JV and Senga, we'll see if their eval was correct
Ib
4:01
How will Diamond Sports BK affect the Tigers payroll
Jim Duquette
4:01
I don't think it will effect it a lot this year of next because it looks like the Tigers are going to rebuild
Jeremy
4:02
What's one piece of advice you'd give to someone looking to start a career in an MLB front office, whether that's on the player personnel or just the business side of things?
Jim Duquette
4:02
Learn how to code, and learn how to communicate ... there's two simplistic pieces of advice !!!
4:03
alright I have to go !!!  watch me on SNY tonight at 6:00 pm and listen on Sirus / Xm channel 89 daily from 10a-1p eastern .... call in and tell them you were on this chat and you NEED to speak with me!!!!!   thanks everyone !
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