The Detroit Tigers have agreed to a deal with veteran right hander Octavio Dotel according to Matt Eddy of Baseball America. The deal will be for one-year at $3.5mm with an option for 2013.
Dotel will pitch in a set-up role helping get the ball to closer Jose Valverde.
In 2011, he posted a 3.50 ERA in [...]
12/08/11
The Tigers are closing in on a deal with reliever Octavio Dotel reports Dan Knobler of CBSSports. Dotel will pitch in a set-up role helping get the ball to closer Jose Valverde.
Sources close to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports add that only the length of the deal is what has yet to be determined. Rosenthal speculates [...]
12/08/11
Here’s a running list of Hot Stove rumors for Monday around the Major Leagues:
– Five teams (including the Texas Rangers) are in the hunt for C.J. Wilson and one of them has made a six-year offer. (Jeff Wilson, Star-Telegram)
– The Twins, Nationals, Marlins and Rangers are in on Mark Buehrle. (Ken Rosenthal, FOX Sports)
– The [...]
12/05/11
Right handed pitcher Octavio Dotel has been receiving interest from the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers according to a Major League source close to Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports.
Morosi adds that although Dotel is more of a seventh-inning guy at “this stage of his career,” he could handle the eight or ninth [...]
11/29/11
As free agency kicks off, many clubs and players have decisions they need to make on potential option year clauses in their contracts for next year. Here are just a few notes from around the league.
-According to the Associated Press (via Sports Illustrated), the St. Louis Cardinals have decided to decline their options on right [...]
11/01/11
The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired outfielder Colby Rasmus from the St. Louis Cardinals in an eight-player deal according to Buster Olney of ESPN.
In addition to Rasmus, the Blue Jays will get hurlers Trever Miller, Brian Tallet and P.J. Walters from St. Louis. The Blue Jays are shipping Marc Rzepcynski, Octavio Dotel, Corey Patterson and three [...]
07/27/11
Fresh off their acquisition of Edwin Jackson, the Blue Jays appear set to acquire Colby Rasmus. Buster Olney of ESPN says the deal will include Colby Rasmus, Trever Miller, Brian Tallet and P.J. Walters for Jackson, Marc Rzepcynski, Octavio Dotel and Corey Patterson.
The deal seems a bit odd as the Cardinals have demanded a big [...]
07/27/11
Here’s the latest from Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports:
– The St. Louis Cardinals have joined the Detroit Tigers in the pursuit of Jeremy Guthrie according to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports (via Morosi).
–The Pittsburgh Pirates are still looking for a bat, but nothing appear close. They are also looking for relievers and Jason Frasor, Octavio Dotel [...]
07/24/11
Here’s the latest from Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe:
– The New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Arizona Diamondbacks and the Philadelphia Phillies are all possible destinations for the San Diego Padres’ closer Heath Bell. Bell later mentions (via Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times) that the in addition to the teams [...]
07/11/11
Here’s the latest from Ken Rosenthal’s Full Count Video:
– Mariano Rivera is available to pitch, but the Yankees are supposedly concerned about the closer’s tricep injury. This could lead to an acquisition of a setup man. The Mets reportedly have called the Yankees about Francisco Rodriguez, but the Yankees would only be interested if [...]
07/10/11