Hope for Chitown baseball??

[JJP]

$11 million for 2 years for Dotel. Something like 56 innings pitched the last 3 years. I can't believe he could command that kind of money. If you want to pump him up to 7 million a year and load it with incentives, that's one thing. But locking up 11 million for 2 years on a injury prone 34 year old setup man seems questionable.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by JJP

$11 million for 2 years for Dotel. Something like 56 innings pitched the last 3 years. I can't believe he could command that kind of money. If you want to pump him up to 7 million a year and load it with incentives, that's one thing. But locking up 11 million for 2 years on a injury prone 34 year old setup man seems questionable.

And he gets SHELLED......He will spend more time on the DL then innings pitched.....

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by JJP

$11 million for 2 years for Dotel. Something like 56 innings pitched the last 3 years. I can't believe he could command that kind of money. If you want to pump him up to 7 million a year and load it with incentives, that's one thing. But locking up 11 million for 2 years on a injury prone 34 year old setup man seems questionable.

He must have a really good agent

[JJP]

I guess the key is that the injuries were muscle injuries and not arm problems. Still a big risk for a non-closer. We'll see if he can still hit 95-96 on the gun like he did in his days in Houston.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by JJP

I guess the key is that the injuries were muscle injuries and not arm problems. Still a big risk for a non-closer. We'll see if he can still hit 95-96 on the gun like he did in his days in Houston.

His elbow surgery would still be the biggest factor i would guess. He was at one time a pretty tough bullpen option.