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Detroit Tigers hot stove: Dotel and Buehrle

Found December 07, 2011 on isportsweb.com: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Octavio Dotel,  Mark Buehrle,  Jim Leyland,  Joaquin Benoit,  Jose Valverde,  Phil Coke,  Daniel Schlereth,  Al Alburquerque,  Ryan Perry,  Jacob Turner,  Placido Polanco,  Brennan Boesch,  Gio Gonzalez,  Joel Zumaya,  Daniel Murphy,  Nick Castellanos,  Austin Jackson,  Andy Dirks
TEAMS: Detroit Tigers,  St. Louis Cardinals,  Chicago White Sox,  Philadelphia Phillies,  Oakland Athletics,  New York Mets

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The Detroit Tigers continue to be a hot name as the offseason is starting to get really interesting. Two names that surfaced in very different ways this afternoon were those of Octavio Dotel and Mark Buehrle. Dotel The Tigers, according to multiple sources, are one of two final teams in on the Octavio Dotel sweepstakes. The other team is the St. Louis Cardinals, the team Dotel made a huge impact for during their World Series run last year. Octavio Dotel Dotel is a three-quarters arm-angle right-handed reliever. His next team will be his 13th since joining the big leagues back in 1999. Despite a lot of wear on the treads, Dotel posted a strong 2011 season (3.50 ERA, 0.98 WHIP). The downside is that this will be his age 38 season and 2011 was one of his best seasons in recent memory. The Tigers are believed to have offered Dotel a strong package to lure him away from St. Louis. Detroit even went so far as to have their most eloquent salesman, Jim Leyland, personally call Octavio to te...
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