Octavio Dotel's travels may be over.

[BigDDude]

Octavio Dotel has played for and MLB record 13 teams in 15 seasons, but the 39-year-old reliever is struggling to make it back from an elbow injury that could mean the end of his career.
Dotel has already been on the disabled list for nearly two months with elbow inflammation and Jason Beck of MLB.com reports that he’s “experiencing more discomfort” while rehabbing. Or as manager Jim Leyland put it: “I don’t know what’s going on with Dotel. I think he’s just trying to see if he still has it. Hopefully he still has something left in the tank.”
Dotel was outstanding last season at age 38, throwing 58 innings with a 3.57 ERA and 62/12 K/BB ratio while topping a strikeout per inning for the 13th time in 14 seasons. Plus he tossed five shutout innings in the playoffs. And among all the right-handed pitchers in MLB history with at least 800 career innings Dotel’s has the highest strikeout rate at 10.82 per nine innings.


I knew the first factoid, but who knew the 2nd and last one?

 

[The Cubs fan]

Wow, I did not know about the second one. I hope he finds something left and can keep going!

 

[HammerDown]

I'm pretty much blown away by that.

 

[Tigertowner68]

Octavio Dotel has played for and MLB record 13 teams in 15 seasons, but the 39-year-old reliever is struggling to make it back from an elbow injury that could mean the end of his career.
Dotel has already been on the disabled list for nearly two months with elbow inflammation and Jason Beck of MLB.com reports that he’s “experiencing more discomfort” while rehabbing. Or as manager Jim Leyland put it: “I don’t know what’s going on with Dotel. I think he’s just trying to see if he still has it. Hopefully he still has something left in the tank.”
Dotel was outstanding last season at age 38, throwing 58 innings with a 3.57 ERA and 62/12 K/BB ratio while topping a strikeout per inning for the 13th time in 14 seasons. Plus he tossed five shutout innings in the playoffs. And among all the right-handed pitchers in MLB history with at least 800 career innings Dotel’s has the highest strikeout rate at 10.82 per nine innings.


I knew the first factoid, but who knew the 2nd and last one?

That is awesome D...you think it might be a thought to have him close? Even with elbow inflammation, he has to be as good as Papa Grande (Jose Valverde).

 

[TexasMan]

Good Astros closer-before-the-closer for a couple of years.

 

[BigDDude]

That is awesome D...you think it might be a thought to have him close? Even with elbow inflammation, he has to be as good as Papa Grande (Jose Valverde).

It is/was his ability to get K's that make him closer-worthy in the first place. He has done it before, and has had success, so I say why not give him a shot ( if healthy enough ). That gives the Tigers another year to let Rondon marinate a bt more in AAA, as he continues to get ready to take over that role.