Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
January 21, 2008
Dotel or Not Dotel

Sox Machine discusses the pros and cons of the White Sox signing Octavio Dotel:

Pro: But speaking of the division, what if he ended up in Detroit? The Tigers have expressed interest in Dotel, and pitching is the one area in which they are vulnerable. The Sox might be smart to block the Tigers, since Mike Ilitch's wallet could easily absorb another injury-shortened year or two, so he could take the risk to reap the potential rewards.

Con: So Detroit would be in an even better position to compete with the Sox? Exactly.

Dotel's weakness is home runs allowed. That's a bad weakness for a White Sox pitcher, given their ballpark. But his good control mitigates that somewhat. Dotel wouldn't be a bad signing at all.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:14 AM | Free Agents | TrackBack (0)
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