Earlier this week, Orioles GM Dan Duquette famously, hilariously, and absurdly told Jose Bautista’s agent that the Orioles would not be pursuing his client because Orioles fans do not like Bautista. Although he’s since gone on to repeat that statement in front of anyone who will put a microphone in front of his face, I don’t believe him, and neither should you.
One way we can be fairly sure that there’s not a “no villains of Birdland” policy in the Orioles front office is that the Orioles have made inquiries about at least one other, lesser-known villain of Birdland this offseason.