Octavio Dotel and Luis Castillo were both connected to a large drug trafficking raid per the ABC news story.
Octavio Dotel began the 2010 season as the Pirates closer.
He was unbelievable in his brief time with the Bucs. In 40 innings with the Pirates he converted 21 saves and struck out 48 batters. Keep in mind the Pirates only won 53 games for the year and only had 36 wins at the time of the trade.
He would be traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Andrew Lambo and James McDonald, both players who I was a fan of personally.
This is my only card that features Dotel on the Pirates with Cutch. It is from the 2011 Heritage team card.
The image itself is from the 2010 Team Picture Day
Dotel had such a bizarre career. I actually remember seeing him in AA Binghamton. He spent a season on the Yanks too, but only pitched in a few games after rehabbing from injury.
ReplyDeleteBefore Edwin Jackson joined the Blue Jays, Dotel had the most teams on his career resume.
DeleteI remember he was with the A's at some point in his career... but don't really remember any specifics.
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