10:31pm: All that's left for Dotel and the Tigers to work out is the length of the contract, tweets Rosenthal. A one-year deal with a vesting option seems like the most likely outcome, Rosenthal adds.
8:37pm: The Tigers are close to a deal with Dotel, tweets Danny Knobler of CBS Sports.
6:22pm: The Cardinals are the other team Dotel is considering. Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch tweets that Detroit seems to have the edge, but Dotel remains "enamored" with the Cardinals.
5:35pm: The Tigers have made an "aggressive" offer for Dotel, tweets Morosi.
4:44pm: The Tigers are considered the favorite for Dotel, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports, adding that the other finalist is a National League team.
4:20pm: Free agent reliever Octavio Dotel has narrowed his decision to two teams and expects to make a decision soon, tweets Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports.
Mets? They seem to LOVE our bullpen
The Mets do have J.P. Riccardi in the front office.
Would explain that
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I bet it’s the Marlins.
Oh, Do Tell ?
Rays? Maybe?
Tigers…hopefully.
Angels.
Earlier rumor of the Angels acquiring relief help and this makes me hopeful. I’d love Dotel in the Angels pen on a cheap contract.
Cardinals, he wants to play with Albert.
I see what you did there
I see what you did there
Cardinals.
Better be for under $2mil if they’re going to pass up the free draft pick.
Better be for under $2mil if they’re going to pass up the free draft pick.
I hope it’s the Tigers.
According to Rosenthal it’s between Tigers and NL Club
I hope it’s the Tigers.
Marlins! lol jk Blue Jays probably
maybe dodgers again…. wouldn’t surprise me one bit….
Colts! Canucks! Manchester United! Let’s just keep naming random teams!
Hahhahaa. I say Mets. You can never have too many relievers!
You also can’t have too many losses, that seems to be our case for the next few seasons
Hahhahaa. I say Mets. You can never have too many relievers!
owww the pain :[
Colts! Canucks! Manchester United! Let’s just keep naming random teams!
This one may be the Rangers as supposedly they really like Dotel.
Dodgers! 3 years 15 million! 1 milion in 2012, 7 million for 2013 and 2014. Or I may just be a little bit bitter right now.
Rightfully bitter…I feel your pain.
Reds?
Tigers or Dodgers…..heard it hear folks. Would love to see him in Detroit, but with the news that the Dodgers were close to adding BP help, have to believe it was them….
I realize BP normally stands for batting practice… if they want BP help the Dodgers can sign Brad Penny, if they want bullpen help, they can sign Dotel…
I find it hard to believe you’re right when you can’t spell “here” correctly.
Oh, I spelled “hear” correctly, I just spelled the “that’s what I” preceeding it incorrectly…
Zing!
I wonder who the favorite is to land him this July
Dotel should stay out of the AL. It didn’t treat him so well last season. He looked a lot better in the NL.
Reds have been linked to Dotel and Toothpick Baker just can’t have enough players near retirement age…..
Trying to tie Matt Stairs’ record for most ML clubs played for, eh?
long way to go…
Actually each of them has played for 12 teams, assuming you count Montreal/Washington as the same team, in which case, Stairs has 13, but if Dotel does sign with the Tigers they would be tied again.
Tigers, please.
Why do you want him again?
He’s put up good numbers.
Bc our pen fell apart at the end of the year last season. The only dependable arms we had were Benoit, Cokehead, and large potato..
FML…..
Even though Detroit made an aggressive offer. I can still see him resigning with the Cardinals.
Why? I’m curious.
Because he’s “enamored” of them.
“The Cardinals are the other team Dotel is considering. Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch tweets that Detroit seems to have the edge, but Dotel remains “enamored” with the Cardinals.”
Thats why
I’m not liking the sound of “aggressive offer”…would love to have Dotel, but only on a 1 year deal.
It’s going to take 2 years to turn him from the Cardinals.
Yeah, I dont blame you.. sound like a 2-3 year deal.. I would only want him for a year…maybe half and trade him
Tried to post this earlier, but it looks like it failed…
Enrique Rojas says (in Spanish, which is why it may not have been included here) that both offers are 1 year offers. Apparently Dotel is trying to squeeze a second year out of one of them.
The sweepstakes is on to find out which team will be dealing Octavio Dotel at the trade deadline!
Hey, he has only played on 5 teams in the last two years…
He should resign with the Cardinals. Then Cardinals trade Kyle McCellen for a utility OF and a low tier prospect.
face it, the tigers NEED a bullpen arm in the 6-7th innings who can sit down righties. Al Al can’t be trusted to be healthy. Does it need to be Dotel…..no, but it wouldn’t be a bad signing probably.
Detroit’s bullpen would be looking pretty decent with this move.
Especially if Alburqurque(?) can ever recover from the line drive off his head. He was never the same after that
Yea it would. Valverde, Benoit, Coke, Alburquerque, Schlereth, Dotel, and then (personal favorite) Pauley as the long man (former starter who is also surprisingly adept at getting out left handers).
Perry, Wilk, Below, Ni, Villareal, Weinhardt, Hoffman, and Stohr as depth. Hey, that’s a full AAA bullpen!
Detroit’s bullpen would be looking pretty decent with this move.
Especially if Alburqurque(?) can ever recover from the line drive off his head. He was never the same after that
Oh well the Cardinals get a draft pick now.
Dang, really liked Dotel.
Good bye Doc Oc. Thanks for the NLCS and eliminating Braun, enjoy the ring. Very underrated aspect of Cards success in playoffs. Plus a draft pick! hurray. Should be a high one too in the supplemental round as well since he used to be a type A.
Gah, fine. Vesting option. DON’T GO 2 GAURANTEED!
Yo estoy contento!
With a name like Octavio, he must be an eighth inning specialist.
The Tigers will be his 13th team in 14 seasons. I wonder if that’s some kind of record?
again …. why ???
um no