P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 238 lbs | Age: 23
MLB Pipeline Rank
Pirates: No. 13
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2026 0 1 6.23 1 1 0 4.1 4 1.62
Career Minors 27 19 4.16 96 82 0 383.1 371 1.33
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2026 1 0-1 6.23 4.1 4 1.62
Career Minors 96 27-19 4.16 383.1 371 1.33
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Standard Minor League Pitching Statistics

SeasonTmLGLWLERAGGSSVIPHRERHRBBSOWHIP
2021 FCL Pirates Gold FCL ROK 2 0 3.34 11 5 0 29.2 20 18 11 2 18 34 1.28
2022 2 Teams Minors 2 2 3.49 14 9 0 38.2 26 18 15 1 25 38 1.32
2022 FCL Pirates FCL ROK 2 2 2.62 12 9 0 34.1 24 13 10 1 16 35 1.17
2022 Bradenton Marauders FSL A 0 0 10.38 2 0 0 4.1 2 5 5 0 9 3 2.54
2023 Bradenton Marauders FSL A 7 2 3.09 18 15 0 78.2 64 37 27 3 44 58 1.37
2024 Greensboro Grasshoppers SAL A+ 9 5 5.33 25 25 0 106.1 98 68 63 21 54 106 1.43
2025 Altoona Curve EAS AA 7 9 4.15 27 27 0 125.2 111 62 58 14 43 131 1.23
2026 Indianapolis Indians INT AAA 0 1 6.23 1 1 0 4.1 4 3 3 2 3 4 1.62
Indianapolis Indians INT AAA 0 1 6.23 1 1 0 4.1 4 3 3 2 3 4 1.62
Altoona Curve EAS AA 7 9 4.15 27 27 0 125.2 111 62 58 14 43 131 1.23
Greensboro Grasshoppers SAL A+ 9 5 5.33 25 25 0 106.1 98 68 63 21 54 106 1.43
Bradenton Marauders FSL A 7 2 3.47 20 15 0 83.0 66 42 32 3 53 61 1.43

Scouting Report

2026

Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Slider: 50 | Splitter: 50| Control: 45 | Overall: 45

An under-the-radar sign at age 18, Dotel joined the Pirates in October 2020 for just $65,000. He reached full-season ball for good in 2023 and has been climbing the ladder one rung at a time since, spending a year with Single-A Bradenton, one in High-A Greensboro and the 2025 season with Double-A Altoona. He’s topped 100 innings in each of the last two seasons but really took a big step forward in matching his production to his pure stuff in ‘25, finishing third in the Eastern League in strikeouts and earning a spot on the 40-man roster in the offseason.

All the ingredients appear to be there for Dotel to be a workhorse starter. His fastball sat around 95-96 mph in 2025, touching 99, and that velocity is there on his first pitch of a start as well as pitch No. 100. He’s thrown both a two- and four-seamer and hasn’t always separated them effectively. He’s more naturally inclined to go with the sinker, but there could be more life up in the zone and better separation in the future. He can miss bats with a hard cutter-like slider he can get up into the upper 80s, and his low-80s splitter took a very nice step forward last year.

Dotel also did a very nice job of throwing strikes with all of his offerings last year, setting a career low with his 3.1 BB/9 rate at the same time as a career high in strikeout rate (9.4/9). This all points to a potential as a big league starter, now on the roster, waiting in the wings. 


2025

Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Slider: 50 | Changeup: 45 | Control: 45 | Overall: 40

While most international prospects are 16 or 17 years old when they sign, occasionally an outlier appears and develops into an intriguing prospect. Such is the case with Dotel, who signed close to the end of the 2019-2020 international signing period, joining the organization in October 2020 for $65,000 at age 18. He came stateside in 2021 to make his pro debut and has made slow, albeit inconsistent, progress up the ladder, though he was still young for his level at age 22 in Double-A in 2025.

The 6-foot-3 Dotel has a variety of options to go after hitters. He has two different fastball shapes, with his four-seamer, which averages 96 mph and touches the upper 90s, as his primary option as it shows some ride up in the zone. He can also use a two-seamer down in the zone. His slider has cutter-like action to it, a hard mid-80s breaker with three-quarter tilt that can miss bats. He’s still developing a low-80s splitter that can flash fade, but is still inconsistent.

Dotel’s strike-throwing was much improved in 2025, but he still carries a career 4.5 walk per nine rate with him. That, along with refining that offspeed pitch to keep hitters -- lefties in particular -- off his fastball will determine if he can start long-term or will be better suited to a bullpen role.



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Transactions

Team Date Transaction
03/09/2026 Pittsburgh Pirates optioned RHP Wilber Dotel to Indianapolis Indians.
03/05/2026 RHP Wilber Dotel assigned to Pittsburgh Pirates Prospects.
12/09/2025 Gigantes del Cibao traded RHP Wilkin Ramos, RHP Angel Sánchez and 3B Jeral Perez to Leones del Escogido for RHP Jimmy Cordero, LHP Fernando Abad, RHP Wilber Dotel and CF Ricardo Cespedes.
12/09/2025 RHP Wilber Dotel assigned to Leones del Escogido.
11/18/2025 Pittsburgh Pirates selected the contract of RHP Wilber Dotel from Altoona Curve.
04/01/2025 RHP Wilber Dotel assigned to Altoona Curve from Greensboro Grasshoppers.
03/06/2025 activated RHP Wilber Dotel.
04/04/2024 RHP Wilber Dotel assigned to Greensboro Grasshoppers from Bradenton Marauders.
04/04/2024 Greensboro Grasshoppers activated RHP Wilber Dotel.
09/30/2023 Bradenton Marauders activated RHP Wilber Dotel.
09/09/2023 Bradenton Marauders transferred RHP Wilber Dotel to the Development List.
05/27/2023 Bradenton Marauders activated RHP Wilber Dotel from the 7-day injured list.
04/26/2023 Bradenton Marauders placed RHP Wilber Dotel on the 7-day injured list retroactive to April 25, 2023.
04/25/2023 Bradenton Marauders placed RHP Wilber Dotel on the 7-day injured list.
08/27/2022 RHP Wilber Dotel assigned to Bradenton Marauders from FCL Pirates.
04/19/2022 RHP Bladimir Dotel and assigned to FCL Pirates Gold from DSL Pirates Black.
10/13/2020 Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Bladimir Dotel to a minor league contract.
10/13/2020 RHP Bladimir Dotel assigned to DSL Pirates1.