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Buck Showalter and executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette Masahiro Tanaka Jersey , who were fired Wednesday after the team finished with the worst record in the major leagues.With Duquette procuring the talent and Showalter making it work on the field, Baltimore snapped a run of 14 straight losing seasons and made the playoffs in 2012, 2014 and 2016.But the Orioles finished 75-87 in 2017 — losing 19 of their final 23 games — and this year staggered through a 47-115 season, the worst since the team moved to Baltimore in 1954.The club issued a statement Wednesday night that read, in part: “We thank Dan and Buck for their many contributions over the past several years. Under their leadership, prior to the 2018 season and for six consecutive years, the club delivered competitive teams playing meaningful baseball into September. … Everyone in Birdland and across our organization will cherish these memories, and we all join in thanking Dan and Buck for their contributions.”Showalter and Duquette have contracts that expire at the end of October.“It was decided that they would not renew my contract, and I think that’s for the best,” Duquette said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I want to thank (owner) Peter Angelos for the opportunity to lead the Orioles. We had some very good seasons, and I’m proud of what we did here.”A three-time AL Manager of the Year, Showalter ranks second on the Orioles’ career list with 669 victories, trailing Earl Weaver. He took over in August 2010 and orchestrated the resurgence of a floundering franchise.Once hailed for making baseball in Baltimore relevant again, the 62-year-old Showalter is out of a job after a season in which the Orioles finished 61 games behind Boston in the AL East.Before opening day, Duquette signed free agent pitchers Alex Cobb and Andrew Cashner. He also spurned trade offers for pending free agent Manny Machado with hopes that the Orioles could be a contender in 2018.It never happened. Baltimore went 8-20 in April and owned a 19-50 record on June 16. Just over a month later Paul O'Neill Jersey , before the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline, Duquette tore apart the roster by swapping Machado, Zach Britton, Jonathan Schoop and several other veterans for 15 minor league prospects and international signing bonus slot money.“Nobody could have anticipated the season would go as it did,” Duquette said Wednesday night.Duquette began the rebuild, but he won’t be around to see it to the finish. Director of Player Development Brian Graham will handle day-to-day oversight of baseball operations while the Orioles search for Duquette’s successor.Showalter earned AL Manager of the Year honors in 2014 after taking the Orioles to the AL East title and a berth in the Championship Series. He was also chosen Manager of Year with the Yankees in 1994 and Texas in 2004. His career record is 1,551-1,517, including 669-684 with Baltimore.“I just think ever since he came here, the franchise just gained a little more accountability, gained an edge for some time,” Orioles outfielder Adam Jones said before the final game of the season. “It’s the end of an era. A great manager, a great tenure. I don’t know if he’s going to coach or manage again, but he’s got grandchildren. Go golf. Relax and go sit on the golf course.”Duquette joined the Orioles in November 2011. Baltimore reached the postseason in 2012, the first of five successive seasons in which Baltimore finished at least .500.Duquette’s tenure in Baltimore featured the crafty signing of free agents Nelson Cruz and Mark Trumbo http://www.yankeesfanproshop.com/authentic-giancarlo-stanton-jersey , both of whom led the majors in home runs with the Orioles. But Duquette also signed right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez, who went 32-42 over the length of a four-year, $50 million contract, and Baltimore is still paying the price for the seven-year, $161 million deal offered to slugger Chris Davis before the 2016 season.Davis batted .168 this season, the lowest batting average by a qualifier in major league history, and he struck out 192 times over 128 games.Duquette replaced Andy MacPhail as Baltimore’s overseer of baseball operations. Before that, the 60-year-old Massachusetts native enjoyed successful tenures with the Boston Red Sox from 1994-2001 and the Montreal Expos from 1987-93. The Red Sox reached the playoffs three times under his guidance.The Orioles say they will hire an executive from outside of the organization to lead the baseball operations department. That person will be in charge of choosing a new manager. NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Harvey has agreed to an $11 million, one-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels, returning to the team that drafted him out of high school but failed to sign the pitcher.Harvey’s deal was disclosed by a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke Tuesday to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not yet been announced.Harvey can earn an additional $3 million in performance bonuses: $250,000 for each start from 15 through 26 the person said. The person spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not yet been announced.His agreement, first reported by MLB.com and Fancred, nearly doubles Harvey’s salary from $5,625,000 this year.Harvey joins a rotation projected to include Andrew Heaney http://www.yankeesfanproshop.com/authentic-giancarlo-stanton-jersey , Tyler Skaggs and Nick Tropeano. Shohei Ohtani likely won’t pitch at all next year following Tommy John surgery on Oct. 1, and JC Ramirez’s return date to the major leagues is not certain as he recovers from the elbow ligament replacement procedure last April 17.Harvey reached the heights of celebrity with the Mets, but his star plummeted due to injuries and off-the-field distractions and he was jettisoned by New York last spring to Cincinnati.“I want people to know I do regret a lot of mistakes I made,” he said when he returned to Citi Field in August. “Obviously, I never wished it ended like that.”A right-hander who turns 30 in March, Harvey was selected by the Angels in the third round of the 2007 amateur draft but chose to attend the University of North Carolina. The Mets drafted him in the first round three years later with the seventh overall pick.Nicknamed the Dark Knight, Harvey became a star in Gotham when he debuted in 2012, and he started the 2013 All-Star Game on his home mound at Citi Field. But he got hurt a month later and needed Tommy John surgery.Harvey made a successful return in 2015 and helped the Mets reach their first World Series in 15 years. He led 2-0 in Game 5 against Kansas City and talked Mets manager Terry Collins into letting him pitch the ninth, but Harvey walked Lorenzo Cain leading off and allowed Eric Hosmer’s RBI double. The Royals tied the score against Jeurys Familia and won in the 12th inning to capture the title.Harvey was just 4-10 with a 4.86 ERA in 2016 and had season-ending surgery that July to correct thoracic outlet syndrome. He was 5-7 with a 6.70 ERA in 2017, when he was sidelined from mid-June until September because of a stress injury to the scapula bone in his right shoulder. He also was suspended for three days without pay in early May for skipping a game following a late night on the town.He lost his spot in the rotation after four starts this year and had a 10.50 ERA in four relief appearances. When he refused to accept a minor league assignment, the Mets designated him for assignment and then traded him to Cincinnati for catcher Devin Mesoraco.Harvey went 7-7 with a 4.50 ERA in 24 starts for Cincinnati, leaving him 41-44 with a 3.80 ERA in his big league career. His fastball’s average velocity had dipped from 97 mph at his peak to 93 mph in April, then rose to 95 mph by the end of the season.