"New Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette certainly realizes that Adam Jones would be popular in trade talks and could bring a nice return for the club should it choose to put him on the market.

He also knows Jones brings a lot to his team right now and could be a key future core piece as he works to improve the team.

"I think that we should build around players like Adam Jones. I'm looking forward to meeting him and I've enjoyed watching him play for a couple of years and hopefully we can watch him play here and be part of winning Oriole teams," Duquette said when asked if he could possibly deal Jones."