chisox2334 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%...p;ie=UTF8\ The Dominican Relief Octavio Dotel has just come to an agreement for two years with the Chicago White Sox, according to a relative of the player entrusted this Thursday at Impactodeportivo.com.do. El pacto es por 11 millones de dólares. The pact is $ 11 million. La temporada pasada, Dotel tuvo un salario de cinco millones de dólares. The last season, Dotel had a salary of five million dollars. Su récord del 2007 fue de 2-1, 11 juegos salvados y efectividad de 4.11 con Kansas City. His 2007 record was 2-1, 11 saves and effectiveness of 4.11 with Kansas City. Felicidades. Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Lopez's Ghost Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Moments ago the Score said we signed Dotel to a 2 year contract 5.5 million per year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodAsGould Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Thats awesome if true... he is injury prone sure but when healthy is a great setup man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Another good move to address the team's biggest weakness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Wow. My initial reaction to this is good. That's a pretty solid backend of the pen, even having injury considerations for Dotel. Its smart of Kenny to add bullpen arms when you are looking at the pen doing a lot more work this year versus recent years past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Ball Sox Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(ptatc @ Jan 18, 2008 -> 07:47 AM) Another good move to address the team's biggest weakness. Yeah, MLB Trade Rumors has an article up from some Dominican reporting site as well about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RME JICO Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) Wow, he is going to make $1.5 Million more than Linebrink in 2008. I like the move though. If healthy he will be a solid addition. 773 K, 282 BB in 641 IP. That is nice. Edited January 18, 2008 by RME JICO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJester99 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I also think its a solid move.... I could have sworn they were saying Dotel wanted to close. So thats why this is such a surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipps Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Keep the bullpen arms coming.I like it,our team will be as good as the bullpen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsmaggs Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Here is the article from MLBtraderumors http://www.impactodeportivo.com.do/?op=dis...amp;format=html And translated: http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%...=en&ie=UTF8 Great signing, its only two years, so if it does not work out, no biggie. But if it does, sweet. Cl-Jenks SU-Linebrink SU-Thorton MR-Dotel MR (right specialist)-Wasserman MR (Loogy)-Logan LR-Haeger Looks good to me, just no MacDougal please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Jan 18, 2008 -> 07:53 AM) I also think its a solid move.... I could have sworn they were saying Dotel wanted to close. So thats why this is such a surprise. I am sure he did, but someone else has to want him to close as well. Would you put your closing role trust in a guy with his injury history? As a set up man, that is one thing, as a closer that is quite another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RME JICO Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I would assume that this completes the bullpen search. So is this the last move of the offseason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsmaggs Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 If we could bring in Bartolo now, I would think our team should be at least highly competitive this year. Our O is gonna be very good, D should be solid (although Swish worries me a little,) and the rotation should be about average and if our young guys step up could be solid and our pen should be good as well. At least the Sox will more fun to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 18, 2008 -> 07:49 AM) Wow. My initial reaction to this is good. That's a pretty solid backend of the pen, even having injury considerations for Dotel. Its smart of Kenny to add bullpen arms when you are looking at the pen doing a lot more work this year versus recent years past. I still don't hink Ozzie will use his bullpen anymore than in past years. However, no matter which way you look at it, a good bullpen will make a good manager and a bad pen will make a bad manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetman Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 this guy has averaged 17 innings/year over the past 3 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Jan 18, 2008 -> 07:59 AM) Here is the article from MLBtraderumors http://www.impactodeportivo.com.do/?op=dis...amp;format=html And translated: http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%...=en&ie=UTF8 Great signing, its only two years, so if it does not work out, no biggie. But if it does, sweet. Cl-Jenks SU-Linebrink SU-Thorton MR-Dotel MR (right specialist)-Wasserman MR (Loogy)-Logan LR-Haeger Looks good to me, just no MacDougal please. Yeah, I like that pen as well, and agree on MacD. I hope they can trade him away for something. And with the utility type guys we have for the bench (Owens, Ozuna, Ramirez, Hall) the team could probably get away with a 4 man bench and a 7 man bullpen like that. If not, and if they get stuck with Uribe, then Haeger probably loses out. So the Sox really now have a few pieces that they should move - Uribe, MacDougal, Crede... I wonder if there will be a few moves in ST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(Hatchetman @ Jan 18, 2008 -> 08:16 AM) this guy has averaged 17 innings/year over the past 3 years! tommy john surgery in June of 2005 dictated that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Solid move, despite the recent injuries. Dotel's always been a name I've thrown around here in the past about wanting him on our staff. This is later than I ever expected it to happen, but I still like the signing. I see this being a very low risk, high reward type deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsmaggs Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jan 18, 2008 -> 08:19 AM) tommy john surgery in June of 2005 dictated that Yeah, 2006 was basically a wash with his surgery and last year was his first real year, so it is expected that he would not have pitched a lot of innings. This should be his first true healthy year with a rehab free off-season, so he could be back to shape and his workhorse self this year--at least I hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(ptatc @ Jan 18, 2008 -> 08:11 AM) I still don't hink Ozzie will use his bullpen anymore than in past years. However, no matter which way you look at it, a good bullpen will make a good manager and a bad pen will make a bad manager. Unless Danks or Floyd suddenly show they can consistently get to the 7th inning, he's going to have to. I like this move a lot. You can never have too much pitching. KW needed to spend money on the bullpen and he did. I will congratulate him for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) QUOTE(Al Lopez's Ghost @ Jan 18, 2008 -> 07:40 AM) Moments ago the Score said we signed Dotel to a 2 year contract 5.5 million per year. Jeeezus. 5.5 per? I like the move but that's more than I expected for a guy who's had the track record Dotel has the last few years.. Edited January 18, 2008 by Steve9347 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsmaggs Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Jan 18, 2008 -> 08:34 AM) Jeeezus. 5.5 per? I like the move but that's more than I expected for a guy who's had the track record Dotel has the last few years.. They had the money to spend, so they spent it. It's better than them not spending any of it or $2 million for some s*** dude. I would rather they overpay a little for a guy who could be great than spend less for someone who could be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RME JICO Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Jan 18, 2008 -> 07:34 AM) Jeeezus. 5.5 per? I like the move but that's more than I expected for a guy who's had the track record Dotel has the last few years.. Paying for potential? KW probably didn't want to lose out on such a critical area of the team, similar to the higher price for Linebrink. If Crede is moved ($5.1), then the payroll will almost be unchanged with this move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Although I like the addition I'm wondering about that contract. If Kenny is willing to pay that much for a guy who's barely played recently then why not spend a lot for a proven, healthy commodity (Hunter, Rowand, etc)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RME JICO Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jan 18, 2008 -> 07:41 AM) Although I like the addition I'm wondering about that contract. If Kenny is willing to pay that much for a guy who's barely played recently then why not spend a lot for a proven, healthy commodity (Hunter, Rowand, etc)?There is a huge difference between 2 yrs/$11 million and 5 yrs/$90 million. Would you rather have Hunter for $15+ or Swisher, Dotel, Linebrink for $13? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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