News: Dotel May Have Deal with White Sox
According to Impacto Deportivo, citing ‘a relative of the player,’ the White Sox and free-agent RHP Octavio Dotel have reached 
agreement on a two-year, $11 million deal.
…thanks to Steve P for the link…
The White Sox will be Dotel’s fifth team in five years, and the seventh team he has played with during his nine-year career.
…if true, it suggests to me that Aaron Heilman will be on the Mets come opening day…because, the way i understood it, dotel was viewed by the Mets as a potential replacement for a guy like heilman, who could have been traded in a deal for a starting pitcher…that said, $5.5 million per year for two years is a lot of money for dotel…and, again, i just don’t sense that Omar Minaya and Company have any interest in signing a relief pitcher to a multi-year deal right now…which is wise…had heilman been dealt, dotel would have been my first choice, though…no doubt…but not for two years…
Since 2002, pitching exclusively from the bullpen, against roughly 1,400 batters, opponents are batting .200 against Dotel, who has struck out roughly 30 percent of the hitters he has faced.
…by the way, i just don’t know what to make of these sort of reports…note that the source of this information is one of dotel’s relatives…this is not to say it is incorrect, but i will not consider him off the market until i see this reported by a second outlet…
For instance, last week Impacto Deportivo reported that the Royals had reached agreement with RHP Bartolo Colon.
…and, as far as i can tell, colon is still very much a free agent…
