Comments on: Tigers option Dontrelle Willis to Lakeland

By: Demotion a Confidence Mission for Willis « Imaginary Diamond

Demotion a Confidence Mission for Willis « Imaginary Diamond — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:36:25 +0000

[...] control problems that Willis was sent down to solve, according to the Detroit Tiger Weblog, were a byproduct of his mental state, but it remains to be seen if a full recovery is in his [...]

By: Sean C. in Illinois

Sean C. in Illinois — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:57:24 +0000

tiff

Yeah, but the Mud Hens don’t have to play the Royals.

By: Sean C. in Illinois

Sean C. in Illinois — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:56:16 +0000

Slashpyne

Well, I’m a Tigers fan, don’t pay much attention to other teams, so I don’t know too much about it. There’s some other mystical term attached to it – “zone,” I think. When I find out more, perhaps as soon as this evening, I’ll post something on it.

By: Slashpyne

Slashpyne — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:36:59 +0000

Sean C,
This “strike” of which you speak sounds intriguing…
Could you describe it? I’m quite sure the Tigers pitchers have not heard of it, and it might be helpful to them to learn of it.

By: tiff

tiff — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:16:18 +0000

I wouldn’t mind the tigs becoming the mudhens for awhile, as they are 10 games OVER instead of under.

By: Sean C. in Illinois

Sean C. in Illinois — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:46:20 +0000

“Maybe they should teach Dontrelle a new pitch”

I recommend the “Strike.” It seems to work for a lot of pitchers.

By: jim-mt

jim-mt — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:37:56 +0000

Maybe they should teach Dontrelle a new pitch-that might get his mind off his old ones. His herky-jerky motion works for a while, but not good for long term and hard to fix. Like my golf swing!

By: Deaner

Deaner — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:59:05 +0000

Oral Hershiser was tearing apart his mechanics during the ESPN telecast… something needed to be done.

By: JoJo Sun Devil

JoJo Sun Devil — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:26:17 +0000

We need you Dontrelle! We called up Ernest Borgnine? Isn’t he a little old?

By: joe buck

joe buck — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:08:32 +0000

Get it together willie hope to see you back in the D

By: Steve in Kzoo

Steve in Kzoo — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:19:01 +0000

Well I think Ive been saying this for a long while, I think for the ’08 Tigers w/ Bonine will be fine I just hope his first ML start isn’t the Virgil Vasquez start from Last year lol. I think he’ll be a fine #5 filler. Cant be much worse then him (tata, vasquez?).

The Willis to A ball was an interesting move and surprising to me(I thought Erie) but makes sense from instructional viewpoint and media haters out there. Good luck to D Train hopefully he makes a recovery like Lee did for Cleveland last year.

By: Sean C. in Illinois

Sean C. in Illinois — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:00:44 +0000

Add what’s gone on with Willis to the long list of 2008 Detroit Tigers weirdness. This latest move is baffling in conjunction with the rest of it.

Has someone been pressuring Leyland to have him in the rotation? I keep thinking of Leyland’s statement “They’ve given me a pretty good team here.” Sounds like something a guy might say after a meeting with his boss that was more than coffee and donuts.

By: Eric Cioe

Eric Cioe — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:27:08 +0000

The selfish part of me wants to see the Tigers throw about 1 million dollars at Boomer to finish out the year. Man, that’d be fun to watch him pitch here again.

By: Mike R

Mike R — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:14:50 +0000

Basically Eddie Bonine pretty much falls in line with the Aquilino Lopez/Jordan Tata/Virgil Vazquez of the world. Roster filler, can be used in a pinch but is not a long term solution.

By: Mark in Chicago

Mark in Chicago — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:47:37 +0000

For anybody wondering, I looked up Eddie Bonine’s career minor league numbers:

he allows over a hit per inning (684h in 627ip) but a decent career WHIP of 1.35, as he doesn’t walk many. He doesn’t strike out a ton, but it’s decent at 6.5 per 9ip.

He does a good job of keeping the ball in the park, only 45hr in those 627ip, so I’m guessing he’s a sinker-baller type (who knows how effective he’ll be with our infield defense).

He seems like exactly a replacement-level player, which at this point is an upgrade over Willis.