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Octavio Dotel Addresses Trade Rumors

By Luke Adams 2 | July 4, 2010 at 8:26am CDT

Octavio Dotel would prefer not to hear about any trade rumors involving him unless he actually gets dealt, according to Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Although the Marlins are rumored to be interested in the Pirates' closer, Dotel says "I just don't want to hear any of it, how I'm going here or there."

Given Dotel's contract and the Pirates' place in the standings, there has been speculation that the right-hander could be one of the more attractive bullpen trade chips on the market. The 36-year-old will earn $3.5MM this year, and has a $4.5MM club option ($500K buyout) for next season, though it becomes a mutual option if he's traded. With the Pirates already 23 games below .500 at the season's midpoint, Dotel discussed how the team's record affects his enthusiasm for playing in Pittsburgh:

"I like it here," Dotel said. "But I want to have more winning games. The past month, it wasn't that good for us…. I'll be honest with you: I don't want to be over here if we're going to play that way…. But if we're playing close games and fighting and trying hard like this week, yeah, of course, I want to be here. I love this town. I love this ballpark. It's good for me as a pitcher."

Kovacevic indicates that the Pirates aren't known to be shopping any of their relievers, but that could change in the coming weeks. Besides Dotel, D.J. Carrasco is another of the team's bullpen arms who signed a one-year contract and could appeal to a contender.

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  1. Prince_Fielders_Donuts

    15 years ago

    Overated

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  2. Guest 3540

    15 years ago

    I think Dotel is playing for the wrong team if he thinks that the Pirates are going to be in close games.

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  3. bomberj11

    15 years ago

    Ok, Octavio. You signed a one year deal with the Pirates. How could you not expect to get traded? That’s almost a guarantee.

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  4. Frosted Lemonade

    15 years ago

    Huntington needs to deal Dotel while his value is high to get the best return. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Bucs entertain deals for Meek and Hanrahan too. Maybe they can get a shortstop prospect in return. The Red Sox should be talking to the Bucs about their relievers. The Sox are decimated by injuries.

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  5. Ian_Smell

    15 years ago

    Dotel has been pretty good this year. He’s only had a couple bad outings and those were in games that the Pirates were already losing by a lot. I would only trade him if they can get a good shortstop or pitching prospect in return, but I wouldn’t trade him just to trade him.

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  6. rayking

    15 years ago

    The ChiSox probably wouldn’t mind bringing Carrasco back, he’s a favorite of Ozzie. The cost for Dotel is probably too high for their liking, but I could see the ChiSox helping the bullpen with Carrasco.

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  7. D

    15 years ago

    hanrahan and meek are not going anywhere
    lopez, carrasco, dotel and donnelly if anyone wants him will all be gone

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