The Dotel trade...

[ECN]

didn't turn out that bad...

[steve dave]

Only one of those HRs was A-Rods 500th fwiw

[konofo]

Well, that's three more innings than he got through in his previous start.  Progress!

kono

[catsfan20012002]

The Yankees are doing that to a lot of pitchers right now. I'll wait until Thursday to pass judgment on Mr. Davies.

[steve dave]

The Yankees are doing that to a lot of pitchers right now. I'll wait until Thursday to pass judgment on Mr. Davies.

Not me.  I didn't get where I'm at today (nowhere) by waiting to make the rational decision.  I drop the hammer at the first sign of weakness.

[michigancat]

The Yankees are doing that to a lot of pitchers right now. I'll wait until Thursday to pass judgment on Mr. Davies.

LOL.

[WorldWideBalla21]

Davies career ERA is like 6.001 or something, he sucks miserably, I thought maybe we could have gotten a more proven arm for Dotel. Davies is a just an awful player.

[ECN]

i  blame it on moore's obsession and ties with atlanta.

willing to blow anyone just for getting it up the tailpipe.

[KSU4ME]

Not me.  I didn't get where I'm at today (nowhere) by waiting to make the rational decision.  I drop the hammer at the first sign of weakness.

Octavio Dotel:

3.1 Innings Pitched
5 runs, 4 earned
1 blown save

Commence droppage.

The Royals didn't get anything for Dotel because he's never re-established his game following Tommy John surgery.  Between the surgery and his recent trade, Dotel had pitched 33 innings and given up 22 earned runs (6.00 ERA).

[catsfan20012002]

Davies went 6 2/3 innings, gave up 3 hits and 0 runs, walked two and struck out five today. Not a bad response to his first outing. Thoughts?

[ECN]

yeah, why the hell was this played during the day?

[catsfan20012002]

Because the schedule makers said so

[jeffy]

yeah, why the hell was this played during the day?

Get-away day.  It's pretty common that the 3rd game of a series during the week to be played early to allow teams to catch a plane for their next destination, so travel doesn't stretch too deep into the night.

[catsfan20012002]

Dotel is on the 15 day DL. In 4 1/3 innings since the trade he has given up 4 hits, 5 runs (4 earned), 1 home run and has blown a save. We know how well Davies pitched in his last outing. Maybe GMDM knows what he's doing after all.

[konofo]

Davies went 6 2/3 innings, gave up 3 hits and 0 runs, walked two and struck out five today. Not a bad response to his first outing. Thoughts?

You're getting exactly what pufizzle promised.  Half of his starts will be quality or near-quality, and the other half will wreck a bullpen.  That's probably worth more than current-day Dotel, but at least he has a chance to heal up, rehab, and return to something impressive.  Davies is what he is.

kono

[catsfan20012002]

In today's KC Star there is a comparison between Davies and Kevin Millwood. I bring this up because that's the pitching match up tonight. We'll have even more of an idea of what we've got after tonight.