Dotel rumor

by John Amato on Dec 19, 2005 6:28 PM EST in New York Yankees News

I'll write more about this later, but Dotel was a firebrand until he turned into a closer. He made the A's fans cry for Jason Isringhausen. Now he comes off of Tommy John surgery and there are whispers that the Yanks are interested.

Before surgery, Dotel was 1-2 with a 3.52 ERA and seven saves in 11 chances for Oakland. The former Met owns a career 3.63 ERA and 71 saves in 99 chances with 78 lifetime holds.

Your thoughts? I say go after Julian Tavarez hard. We finally have two lefties in the bullpen that we can feel good about and we need one more good arm. Aaron Small can fill so many roles for us and is a great wild card to have if he pitches like he did last year. Seanez looks like he'll wear a Red Sox uniform next year also.

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Don't Ask Dotel

Signing Dotel isn't a bad move in that it gives the Yankees a younger arm in the pen (once he's rehabbed). It also creates a log-jam of sorts that may allow the Yankees the freedom to ship a starter for a bat.

A couple of seasons ago, the Yankees made a brilliant move by signing former 20-game winner Jon Lieber for $1M large and let him rehab in Tampa. The move paid off. The following year, the Yankees made a horrible mistake by letting him walk to the Phillies. They compounded the error of their ways by signing Carl Pavano and Jaret Wright.

Perhaps if they add Dotel, history won't repeat itself. I don't think I can live through another double whammy of Pavano and Wright signings.

by 22Ronster on Dec 20, 2005 3:00 PM EST reply actions