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Octavio Dotel
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 342 of 1218 players
Dotel
Octavio Eduardo Diaz Dotel
Born: November 25, 1973 at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.00 Weight: 175

Octavio Dotel was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on December 19, 2005, November 6, 2013, November 25, 2020, June 16, 2022, and March 13, 2023.

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First Mets game: June 26, 1999
Last Mets game: October 17, 1999

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Joe Figliola
July 25, 2001
One of the best Met games I ever saw was a July, 1999 game against the Cubs. Dotel allows a solo HR to Sammy Sosa, while Alfonzo and Ventura go deep themselves.

Late in the game, with two out, Dotel blows a high fastball past Slammin' Sammy for strike three, prompting this crazy Mets fan to yell "OCTAVIOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" every time he struck out a batter.

Okay, it's no "MOOOOOOOOOOKIE!!!!" But you gotta go with the times.

SHACMASTA
September 18, 2002
Yeah the guy has the ability to be one of the top 5 closers in the league in about 4 years, but if some one came to you with an offer of a legitimate ace, something the Mets haven't had since Gooden (Don't say Leiter. He's a number 2) a potential 20 game winner, a pitcher who can field his position and hit well at his position, and last but not least a be National League Champs and a "chance" to beat the Yanks in the World Series.

Come on this ain't no Fregosi for Ryan deal. This is giving up a kid with "potential" for proven commodities.

Paul
June 12, 2004
Why oh why did Bobby Valentine not use this guy instead of Kenny Rogers in game 6 vs Atlanta in 99?

David
October 23, 2004
Dotel's one of the best setup men in baseball, but he failed big time as a closer. He has closer stuff, but not the mentality. Astros traded him for Beltran in one of the best trades in their history.

BIGOMN
October 17, 2008
A lot, in fact too many unfair and outright silly things have been said about Cctavio Dotel. Millon dollar arm and 10 cent head? Let us remember how Pedro Martinez started as a skinny wiry flame thrower with the Dodgers. Now let us compare him to Dotel. As sacrilegious as it may sound Pedro wasn't any different. In fact he was worse. Pedro would bean a batter almost every game and by his admission he had 100 m.p.h country fast ball but he had a 2 cent aim on the thing. Octavio had far better stuff but what Pedro had was a management worth their salary not a bunch of overpaid suits crushing young players' careers even before they get off the ground. I remember how many times ESPN said this kid's got Pedro Martinez stuff and he was the heir apparent.

If you look at Dotel's 1999 stats on this website you'll notice the Mets were 10 and 4 with him on the hill. Some say he threw too many heaters and maybe the fact that he threw 98 m.p.h made him believe he was unhittable but I blame management, coaching and Mr. Piazza. How can he simply sit idly by and watch career murder and not speak? Mike Piazza knew full well the coaches as well as the suits were not in Octavio's corner. If Mike Piazza loved Doti so much as he said he should have gone up to the plate for him. He should have told them he'd teach him all the stuff he taught Pedro.

It broke my heart till this day, the 99 NLCS against the Braves seeing young Dotel cry and seeing the stupid look on Bobby Valentine. Had you let Dotel face Andruw Jones it would have been another ending. Instead he brought old musky who now learned how to win playoff baseball with a smudged hand.

And then to trade him for a selfish hamburger Mike Hampton and a has-been like Derek Bell is an insult beyond levels a human should tolerate.

It's a shame I don't own the Mets. I'd rip the head off the first GM that even talks about rookie trading.








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