Jim Duquette is an American baseball executive. He was the general manager of the

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from 2003–2004, before the team replaced him with

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. Duquette subsequently stayed with the Mets in a front office job for a full season before moving on to the

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. With the Orioles he worked under the Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations, Mike Flanagan, who was also considered the team's general manager. Jim Duquette serves as a prominent host on

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, where he has been a full-time baseball analyst. His extensive work includes hosting shows directly from spring training locations, as well as providing in-depth analysis for every League Championship Series (LCS) and World Series since 2009. Jim Duquette's tenure as the Mets' GM is largely remembered for the trade of top pitching prospect

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to the

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for the right-handed pitcher,

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. That very same day, Duquette also traded away future All-Star José Bautista. Duquette was a standout baseball player himself at

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, in

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. Duquette's cousin, Dan Duquette also was a major league general manager with the

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and the

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and was most recently the executive vice-president of baseball operations for the

. His brother,

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is the head men's basketball coach at

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. In 2019, the three Duquettes were among 15 athletes, five coaches and three contributors to be inducted into the inaugural Dalton CRA Athletic Hall of Fame in Dalton, Mass. Duquette donated his kidney to his 10 year old daughter in a procedure at

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on June 4, 2012. He serves on the board of the NephCure Kidney International, an organization dedicated to raising funds and awareness for kidney diseases, including Nephrotic Syndrome and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), conditions that his daughter was diagnosed with prior to undergoing a kidney transplant. He is currently the co-host of "Power Alley" with Mike Ferrin on

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's MLB Network Radio on Sirius 209 and XM 89. He is also a columnist for The Athletic. For the 2012 season Duquette joined

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as a fill-in commentator for their NY Mets radio broadcasts.

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: {{DEFAULTSORT:Duquette, Jim 1966 births Living people Baltimore Orioles executives Houston Astros executives New York Mets executives Major League Baseball farm directors Major League Baseball general managers SportsNet New York people Williams Ephs baseball players Place of birth missing (living people)