IP | 77.1 |
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ERA | 4.54 |
WHIP | 1.280 |
BB/9 | 2.9 |
SO/9 | 10.4 |
- Full name Wilber Bladimir Dotel
- Born 09/25/2002 in Santo Domingo Centro, Dominican Republic
- Profile Ht.: 6'3" / Wt.: 178 / Bats: R / Throws: R
Top Rankings
Organization Prospect Rankings
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BA Grade: 50/High
Track Record: Dotel signed late in 2020 as an 18-year-old out of the Dominican Republic and debuted the following season. He reached High-A Greensboro in 2024, where the 22-year-old went 9-5, 5.33 with 106 strikeouts in 106.1 innings and more interesting underlying data than his surface-level production might suggest.
Scouting Report: Dotel added significantly more power and missed more bats in 2024. His mid-90s fastball gained 3.1 mph, the third-highest year-over-year jump in the minors among pitchers who threw at least 100 fastballs in each season. It now occasionally touches triple digits and gets a decent amount of swing-and-miss because of its flatter approach angle. Dotel also throws a separate 92-94 mph two-seamer to generate ground balls earlier in counts. He overhauled his slider, going from a low-80s slurve to an upper-80s slider that now flashes solid-average potential. Scouts like his feel to fade his upper-80s changeup when he trusts it. Dotel still struggles at times to harness and sequence his arsenal to put hitters away, leading evaluators to wonder whether he’s ultimately better suited in the bullpen.
The Future: Dotel’s pitching style and career arc so far are similar to former Pirates righthander Luis Ortiz, who broke into the majors as a reliever before carving out a role in the back of Pittsburgh’s rotation. Dotel should be ticketed for the upper minors in short order in 2025.
Scouting Grades: Fastball: 60 | Slider: 50 | Changeup: 55 | Control: 45.