Rockies acquire reliever Octavio Dotel

by Bryan Kilpatrick on Sep 18, 2010 2:26 PM MDT in Transactions & Rumors

In an effort to help get themselves into the playoffs, the Rockies acquired right-handed relief pitcher Octavio Dotel from the Los Angeles Dodgers for cash considerations and a player-to-be-named-later. Troy Renck was the first to report the deal, via Twitter, and now has a story up on DP. Renck presumes that the cash mentioned as part of the deal will just be the Rockies picking up $275K in salary.

Per Cot's Baseball Contracts, Dotel has a $4.5MM club option for 2011, but as Renck suggested on Twitter, the Dodgers may pick up the $250K buyout of said option. This is the second time that Dotel has been traded this season, as the Dodgers acquired him from Pittsburgh for James McDonald and Andrew Lambo at the July trade deadline.

This a good move for the Rockies, as there is no such thing as too many bullpen arms - especially reliable ones - in the month of September. Although at this point he is not eligible for the postseason roster, he could end up being used as an injury replacement if that situation presents itself. Hopefully the PBTNL doesn't end up affecting our new PuRPs list too much, but we'll see what happens.

P.S. Tulo just homered. Again.

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This is reminiscent, to me,

of the better-than-decent bullpen acquisitions the Rox made last year. I like it.

And yes, Tulo just homered. He is good.

by Rutabaga on Sep 18, 2010 2:29 PM MDT reply actions

Dotel can be a huge upside for us next year...

since it looks like we will probably bring him back. If Delcarmen can get back to shape and bullpen of Dotel, Bentancourt, Street, Delcarmen, Reynolds, and Belise sounds pretty solid to me.

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by Colsportsfan on Sep 18, 2010 3:02 PM MDT reply actions

I highly doubt they bring him back

by mkorpal on Sep 18, 2010 4:15 PM MDT up reply actions

4 mil isn't too steep and I would like him to replace Corpas or Morales

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by TomCat009 on Sep 18, 2010 10:03 PM MDT up reply actions

for a seventh inning pitcher, it is

I also wouldn’t mind keeping Dotel, but it would have to be a decline and sign scenario.

by Rox Girl on Sep 19, 2010 8:51 AM MDT up reply actions

How does this affect

Daley over the offseason if they do try to bring him back? He will be a free agent though. No way they pick up the 4.5 million option.

by Bloynoys on Sep 18, 2010 3:04 PM MDT reply actions

This will be a horrible trade if any Purp

is the one who was traded.

by mkorpal on Sep 18, 2010 4:16 PM MDT reply actions

It had better not be for a two week rental.

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by Jeff Aberle on Sep 18, 2010 4:45 PM MDT up reply actions

I mentioned over at TrueBlueLA

that the last two September trades for relievers were Dave Burba for Josh Habel in 2004 and Ray King for Andrew LeFave in 2007. Neither Habel nor LeFave made it past AA in their minor league careers. Both those trades were at the beginning of the month, too. So no, it’s not going to be for a Purp.

by Rox Girl on Sep 18, 2010 5:21 PM MDT up reply actions