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Sunday, July 04, 2010

D-backs designate D-Train for assignment

I’m guessing he’s not a candidate for future D-Backs Legends Races.

The D-backs shook up their pitching staff on Sunday, designating veteran left-hander Dontrelle Willis for assignment…

Since being acquired from the Tigers on June 1, Willis compiled a 1-1 record with a 6.85 ERA. Control continued to be an issue for the hurler, as he tallied 27 walks compared to 14 strikeouts while with the D-backs…

After Willis struggled as a starter in Arizona, the D-backs decided to move him to the ‘pen in hopes that it would help him get straightened out. But on Saturday, Willis allowed three runs in one inning of work, an outing that apparently sealed his fate.

The District Attorney Posted: July 04, 2010 at 07:16 PM | 10 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Obi One Kenobi Nil

Posted: July 04, 2010 at 08:21 PM (#3578581)

Well that was surprising.

2. Earvin 'Gold Stars' Johnson Posted: July 04, 2010 at 08:33 PM (#3578586)

When Willis walked off the mound last night following his one inning of work (three hits, three earned runs but two Ks), he looked like a defeated man.

3. Adam B. Posted: July 04, 2010 at 08:42 PM (#3578590)

It's a shame. Whether it's mental or physical, either way one hates to see an athlete with such talent and promise fail to be able to achieve the greatness which defined his life probably from the age of 8 or 9 until so recently.

4. Athletic Supporter leads the nation in drifters Posted: July 04, 2010 at 08:45 PM (#3578593)

you designate the train and you designate your brain

5. Ray (RDP)

Posted: July 05, 2010 at 03:00 AM (#3578679)

You could have stuck a fork in him three years ago, unfortunately.

Since then he's gone all Scott Erickson on the league. (Or Steve Trachsel; take your pick.) Many more walks than Ks.

6. RollingWave Posted: July 05, 2010 at 03:14 AM (#3578682)

sad that D-train will now most likely be rembered as this generations' what could have been.

If you go back to 2003 and tell people that by 2010 Willis would be in the worst shape of the Beckett / Pavano / Penny / Willis bunch, you will most likely be laughed out of the house.

7. Perros Posted: July 05, 2010 at 03:37 AM (#3578686)

Gary Coleman, now Willis. Very sad.

8. JJ1986 Posted: July 05, 2010 at 03:09 PM (#3578737)

Does he convert to being a hitter now?

9. tjm1 Posted: July 05, 2010 at 03:18 PM (#3578741)

Does he convert to being a hitter now?

Just what I was thinking. He's got very good numbers for a guy who doesn't take BP daily, and he's probably fast enough to play centerfield.

10. The Keith Law Blog Blah Blah (battlekow) Posted: July 05, 2010 at 04:49 PM (#3578767)

If you go back to 2003 and tell people that by 2010 Willis would be in the worst shape of the Beckett / Pavano / Penny / Willis bunch, you will most likely be laughed out of the house.

I don't know about that. All three of those other guys were top-ten prospects at one point. A likely outcome? Maybe not, but I doubt you'd have been laughed out of the room.

I had forgotten that all of those guys, plus a mostly injured A.J. Burnett and Mark Redman having his career year, were on the 2003 Marlins. Wow.

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