The Orioles introduced Dan Duquette as vice president of baseball operations on Tuesday. Armed with a three-year contract, Duquette is confident he can make Baltimore relevant again in the top-heavy American League East. "That's the challenge of the job, right? The way that we're going to be competitive is we're going to bring in some good players and build our team from the ground up," Duquette said. "We're going to have to work harder. We're going to work smarter than these teams that have these huge piles of resources. But it can be done." Duquette spent eight seasons in the Montreal front office from 1987-94 and was general manager of the Red Sox from 1994-2001. "This is the kind of challenge I look for and met successfully in Montreal and Boston, teams I took over that were below .500," Duquette said. "I wouldn't be here if I didn't believe I would have an impact to turn this franchise around, to get it to be competitive and then get it to a championship level."