White Sox Sign Dotel
January 23, 2008 by Geoff Young
Filed under Hot Stove, Transactions
The Chicago White Sox have signed right-hander Octavio Dotel to a 2-year, $11 million deal. On the heels of their November signing of Scott Linebrink, the White Sox appear to have adopted the same strategy that worked so well for the Orioles last winter.
Like Linebrink, Dotel was a dominant reliever several years ago. Now he’s mostly just hurt. Here’s what Dotel has done recently:
Octavio Dotel, 2005 – 2007
IP
ERA
H/9
BB/9
SO/9
HR/9
Statistics are courtesy of David Pinto’s Day by Day Database.
56
5.14
9.16
5.46
10.29
1.29
You’ll notice in the caption that this is Dotel’s record for the past 3 years. Last season he worked 30 2/3 innings, which was …read more
