In what has seemed like a long build up for this free agent signing, it looks like it might just happen as Dotel is reported to be coming to Pittsburgh for a physical and if all goes well he'll sign by the afternoon. Whether or not that deal will be official and a someone will have to come off the 40 man remains to be seen. We may have to wait for the Commissioner's Office to catch up.
Dotel, while no longer the young fireballer with the Mets, still has the ability to strike guys out. His stuff is just fast enough to still be effective for him. If the reports are true, we may be looking at him as a part of the bullpen for the next two years. Well at least he could be signed up for the next two years.
What is interesting about Dotel is that he chose to come here so that he could close. That is pretty funny as he has multiple opportunities elsewhere, but has never really done much as the closer elsewhere.
A look at his stats show him getting some saves with the Mets, though not their primary closer. Some saves with the Astros, though again not the primary closer. The two teams where he has been the closer has been in Oakland and in Kansas City. As the closer, Dotel has got about 40 saves, where you could say that he is the closer.
In fact it seems that he is a much better setup guy in a power bullpen, than being the man in the pen. I almost wonder if that will indeed happen to him at some point here in Pittsburgh as well. If history is any indicator it almost surely will be the case. It won't be long before the Pirates brass thinks that Hanrahan or the emerging Evan Meek, could take the reigns at the end of the ball game.
Despite this fact, I think that bringing in Dotel is a good move, if the money looks right. He has pitched in really good bullpens, most notably that Astros one, and can provide a great deal of veteran presence in a bullpen that could really use it. If anything we know what we are getting with Dotel, a somewhat steady veteran hand to turn to later int he game.
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