Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 10, 2008
Not an A for Effort

This probably makes him the highest paid player in A ball:

The Tigers sent struggling Dontrelle Willis down to Class A on Tuesday, hoping the former star lefty can find his control.

Detroit optioned Willis to Lakeland of the Florida State League _ and home to the Tigers' spring training camp _ a day after he matched a career high by giving eight earned runs on five walks and three hits in 1 1-3 innings against Cleveland.

Willis has walked 21 batters in 11 1/3 innings this season. He's only given up seven hits, probably because he can't find the strike zone. After a great 2005, his control got worse in each of the last two seasons.

It's too bad. Dontrelle is a fun player to watch, and I hope he can figure out his problems. Baseball can use characters like him.


Posted by David Pinto at 06:06 PM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
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