D-Train, Detroit Rolling Again
by Andrew Johnson Filed under: Tigers BALTIMORE – It’s a new year for Dontrelle Willis . The same goes for his club, the Detroit Tigers. The wide-grinning Willis, funky pitching motion and all, was almost an afterthought back in December 2007 when the Marlins sent him and Miguel Cabrera to Detroit in the blockbuster deal of that Hot Stove season. Cabrera was the rising star, the big bat destined to turn the Tigers lineup into a 900-run juggernaut. Willis was a good pitcher, but his statistics indicated he might be on the decline, particularly as he made the switch to the American League. Despite Cabrera’s MVP cachet, it is Willis who has mirrored the failures, and now the successes, of Detroit over the last 18 months. “I was just terrible,” Willis says plainly of his lost 2008. D-Train, Detroit Rolling Again originally appeared on MLB FanHouse on Fri, 29 May 2009 10:00:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds . ? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Linking?Blogs ?|? Comments
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