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#35 Dontrelle Willis Age: 23 Height: 6-4 Weight: 239 lbs. Bats: Left Throws: Left Pos: SP Born: January 12, 1982, Oakland, CA Full Name: Dontrelle Wayne Willis College: None Experience: 2 years 2005 Salary: $378,500 Pronounced: Will-ASS Year TM G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO W L SV HLD BLSV ERA 2003 Fla 27 27 2 2 160.2 148 61 59 13 58 142 14-6 0 0--3.31 2004 Fla 32 32 2 0 197.0 210 99 88 20 61 139 10-11 0 0--4.02 2005 Fla 5 5 3 2 35.0 23 6 5 2 6 25 5-0 0 0--1.29 Total--64 64 7 4 392.2 381 166 152 35 125 306 29-17 0 0--3.48 Scouting Report 2004 Season There was no sophomore jinx for the reigning National League Rookie of the Year, but Dontrelle Willis definitely found the rest of the league more prepared for him the second time around. Willis stayed healthy and made all his starts, but was unable to string together three quality starts all season, and failed to go beyond five innings in nine of his 32 outings. Pitching Many predicted it would be easier to hit Willis with each successive turn through the league, and that proved to be at least somewhat true. He began the year seeking to smooth out his herky-jerky delivery, but eventually realized that the added deception of his impossibly high leg kick was something he simply could not sacrifice. Willis still dominated lefties, but righthanders fared almost 40 points better against him in his second season. Part of the problem was Willis' difficulties in improving his average changeup. He still relied almost exclusively on an 89-92 MPH fastball that he must locate to have success. His slider is a plus pitch, but he must get to two strikes for it to be most effective. He rarely throws the slider for strikes. Defense & Hitting Willis is such a good hitter that Marlins manager Jack McKeon used him as a pinch-hitter nine times in 2004. He generates surprising bat speed and managed four extra-base hits with his take-no-prisoners plate approach. Willis has a decent pickoff move but could stand improvement in that area. Very athletic, he made numerous leaping plays on the mound and pounces on sacrifice bunts quickly enough to gun down lead runners. 2005 Outlook Like fellow 2003 rookie sensation Miguel Cabrera, Willis figures to remain under Marlins control through the 2006 season. Only then will he get the arbitration-fed salary bump many felt he deserved after his dazzling rookie campaign, when he regularly packed the park, home and away. That buzz has calmed down significantly, but Willis remains a solid middle-of-the-rotation piece for the Marlins.

Ok, we get it. You don't like Embree.... I have doubts that Arroyo will go to the pen any time soon. The rotation may never be 100% healthy all year. If Wells comes back and continues to suck, I say sit his fat ass and not worry about all those inscentives he has coming later this year.

Welcome. You should post a picture of that tatoo!

What a great game. I was dying in January to watch a game, but had none recorded that were not playoff games. Anyway, I just finished watching my recorded (work...) game from today. It's the perfect game to have on tape! Arroyo no-hit bid. He loses no-hitter, shutout and lead on one pitch. Pitches a gutsy 8th then Papi drives in the game winner. Beautiful day in Detroit. A Millar HR would have been the icing on the cake. Oh well. Yanks lost again too!!!!! Weeeeeeeeeeee

TIME TO PARTY ON THE YES BOARD!!!! Join me!

Final Yankmee score, 11-8. Weeeeeeeeeeee

and the Yanks are losing 10-6 :thumbsup: .

Watching the other team's broadcast again, they mentioned that the Sox "gave Renteria more than they will offer Damon after the season". Sad but true... We gave 40 million for Rent and there is no way they will offer a 4/40 to Damon. I doubt it anyway.

1-0 Tigers after 3. Manny....

I'm lovin it. I've been waiting for the Yanks to finally start sucking on a yearly basis, and now it seems I'll get my wish for the next couple of years. Everyone is loving it. I was listening to the Braves game today and the announcers spent a good inning laughing about how much the Yankees suck this year. How old they are and how much all the other teams in baseball are laughing at them. It made for a great lunch!

I think the O's lost too.

The Battle for Last Place is on. TB 10, NY 4. 8th.

That sucks. Anyway, sometimes it cool to watch the other teams broadcast (I have to watch the Detroit feed on Extra Innings). Anyway, two things... A) the 6th inning was the first time since the first inning of yesterday's game that the Sox went down 1-2-3. b )Halama and Gonzalez have gone a combined 10 innings and given up 5 runs. I can live with that if that's the norm until the injured return.

Ahh. Totally forgot. What's the Celt's score? They are not showing it on TV down here. TB is up 8-3 on the Spanks.

I SO f***ING CALLED THAT GRAND SLAM IN MY HEAD! 5-2 Sox!

Great. Now back to the game. We can do each other's nails later.

Kevin Brown: 2 innings pitched, 9 hits, 6 runs - AND HE'S STILL IN THERE!!!!!

1-1 still in the 3rd. Call me crazy, but I swear I saw cork in the barrel of the bat that Millar broke in the inning. The center of the bat looked a littke hollow and it had a much darker material in it. The Tigers have the bat so I guess we could find out. Then of course I could be drunk already. Yanks down 6-0!

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Pudge dinger... 1-1

Tek in for Popi - RBI single, 1-0 Boston! Bellhorn's back. Here are the lineups. Boston J. Damon CF E. Renteria SS M. Ramirez LF J. Varitek C K. Millar 1B J. Payton RF D. Mirabelli DH B. Mueller 3B M. Bellhorn 2B Detroit B. Inge 3B I. Rodriguez C C. Guillen SS R. White DH C. Monroe RF C. Pena 1B M. Thames LF O. Infante 2B N. Logan CF

Damon 300th career double starts it!

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/bos.gif http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/134280.jpg Halama 0-0, 5.19 @ http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/det.gif http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/400077.jpg Maroth 2-1, 3.81 Ok, time to bust out.

I'm still drunk on the championship from last year. All the guys who were on that team I still root for - even if they are sucking or on another team. I don't even boo Bellhorn anymore, that bastard.

I'm not stat-oriented, but why can't they just teach Youk 2b? It's Youk over Bellhorn at the plate any day - all the walks, power and 1/4 the Ks.