News: Octavio Dotel will have reconstructive elbow surgery as soon as possible, despite receiving recommendations from four doctors that he try to rehabilitate the injury first. "Octavio does not feel he can pitch with the level of pain he was pitching with," A's trainer Larry Davis said Thursday. "Everybody's tolerance level is different. Octavio feels like he's tried long enough. ... He's been throwing a long time and is tired of recurrent tendinitis."
Analysis: Dotel will miss at least a year and possibly up to two years. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list on May 20 and Huston Street has been closing games in his absence. Pick him up in all leagues.
Analysis: Dotel will miss at least a year and possibly up to two years. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list on May 20 and Huston Street has been closing games in his absence. Pick him up in all leagues.
