Paul Beeston will stay on as president and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays for one more season, according to Sportsnet 590 The Fan radio host Bob McCown, who made the claim on Wednesday’s edition of Prime Time Sports.

Beeston’s future with the club has been in doubt since early last month, following widespread reports that Jays’ ownership, Rogers Communications (which also owns Sportsnet), was pursuing Baltimore Orioles general manager Dan Duquette as his replacement.

McCown said Beeston, who will turn 70 this year, will be replaced after the 2015 season.

Hired as the Blue Jays’ first employee in 1976, Beeston has served two terms as team president: first from 1989 to 1997 — when he presided over back-to-back World Series in ’92 and ’93 with general manager Pat Gillick — and again since 2008. He told the Star before Christmas that as far as he was concerned it was “business as usual,” despite the fact his contract ended in October, and he was looking forward to the upcoming season.

Duquette, who has previously served as general manager of the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos, has remained quiet on the issue, which only fomented the controversy in Baltimore. He is reportedly interested in the Toronto job, which would be a promotion, despite the fact he is under contract in Baltimore through the 2018 season.

Orioles owner Peter Angelos told the Baltimore Sun last week Rogers had contacted him to express their interested in Duquette, but a deal between the teams was “not going to happen.”

“He is our GM and he is going to remain our GM,” Angelos said.

The climate in Baltimore’s front office, meanwhile, has been described as “toxic,” since speculation of Duquette’s departure first surfaced due to the perception that he has one foot out the door.

As such, Major League Baseball was apparently encouraging both sides to reach a resolution. Wednesday’s news appears as if it will delay the controversy for at least another year.

But if the Jays renew their pursuit of Duquette next year, or at any point before the end of his contract, they will have to offer Baltimore compensation by way of players and/or cash.