Octavio Dotel  
Starting Pitcher | St. Louis Cardinals

Pitching
When sportscasters talk about Dotel's rubber arm, they're not kidding. Sometimes I think he can start both games of a double header! His best pitch is his changeup, but hitters often sit on it. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders. It's hard to explain but Octavio Dotel plays much better on the road then he does at home.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is only fair. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Dotel is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Dotel has some pop in his swing.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2001 NYY 75 82 31 34 49 45 44 50 49 61 39 0 39 0 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 6 38 36 187
2002 NYY 75 86 36 37 49 45 44 50 49 61 59 0 39 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 6 39 221
2003 NYY 75 93 44 39 49 45 44 50 49 61 59 0 39 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 239
2004 NYY 75 94 48 41 49 45 44 50 49 61 71 0 43 0 0 0 26 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 263
2005 NYY 74 94 53 44 49 45 44 50 49 61 78 0 43 0 0 0 27 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 49 277
2006 NYY 74 94 53 45 49 45 44 50 49 61 82 0 46 0 0 0 28 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 284
2007 NYY 72 94 53 45 49 45 44 50 49 61 85 0 46 0 0 0 29 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 51 284
2008 NYY 75 94 53 45 49 45 44 50 49 61 86 0 46 0 0 0 30 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 288
2009 ST. L. 75 93 53 45 49 45 44 50 49 61 87 0 48 0 0 0 31 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 289
2010 ST. L. 74 94 53 45 49 45 44 50 49 61 88 0 49 0 0 0 32 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 51 290
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History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.