Braves Close to landing Dotel

Jose7 · Post #1 » by **Jose7** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:19 pm

03:15 PM - News: Braves Close to Getting Dotel

...posted by Matthew Cerrone...

According to Ken Rosenthal, at FOXSports.com, the Braves are close to acquiring Royals RHP Octavio Dotel.

The Red Sox, Yankees, Tigers, Indians, Dodgers and Mariners also have shown interest in Dotel.

travis minor · Post #2 » by **travis minor** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:28 pm

Guess they are making a push

cmaff051 · Post #3 » by **cmaff051** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:41 pm

The Mets finally have some competition in the NL.

Post #4 » by **GYBE** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:57 pm

cmaff051 wrote:The Mets finally have some competition in the NL.

cmaff051 · Post #5 » by **cmaff051** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:03 pm

I'd love to see a Cubs-Mets NLCS but I think the Mets are a better team.

Post #6 » by **HMFFL** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:14 pm

I would love for this to happen for Atlanta but I have a feeling it wont.

Post #7 » by **PhilipNelsonFan** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:59 pm

Braves board says the deal is Kyle Davies for Dotel.

Good for KC, pricy for ATL.

Abraham Lincoln · Post #8 » by **Abraham Lincoln** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:37 pm

Yeah KC gets good value for a dude basically off the scrap heap just a year ago. They need more starting pitching anyway.

Post #9 » by **dms269** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:39 pm

Well even though we shouldn't be giving up any starters, this one is fine. davies has done horrible starting for us.

Post #10 » by **HMFFL** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:50 pm

Good trade for KC.

Yahoo finally as a link about it.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/mlb_ex ... =mlb,40796

High 5 · Post #11 » by **High 5** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:06 am

I don't care for Dotel, but this trade means Davies will never throw another pitch for the Braves and that's good enough for me. The only thing that sucks is that he owned the Mets, even if that was the only team he's worthwhile against.

bigboy1234 · Post #12 » by **bigboy1234** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:10 am

Drayton Moore=fool

Supposedly he could have got Wlad the Impaler from the Mariners but he'd rather have Davies, not so smart.

Post #13 » by **PhilipNelsonFan** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:19 am

bigboy1234 wrote:Drayton Moore=fool

Supposedly he could have got Wlad the Impaler from the Mariners but he'd rather have Davies, not so smart.

He could have had his pick of the litter from Bill Bavasi. You forget just how incompetent he truly is.

Post #14 » by **GYBE** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:06 pm

Why are the Mariners trying to upgrade the bullpen, isn't it the only good part of their team?

stro4swift · Post #15 » by **stro4swift** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:41 pm

GYBE wrote:Why are the Mariners trying to upgrade the bullpen, isn't it the only good part of their team?

Ichiro says hello!

Post #16 » by **PhilipNelsonFan** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:33 pm

GYBE wrote:Why are the Mariners trying to upgrade the bullpen, isn't it the only good part of their team?

It's good but it's really inexperienced. We also don't really have a capable long reliever, which this trade doesn't solve, but as a 7th-inning pitcher Dotel would've had some use.