What The Hell Happened to Dontrelle?

[Aje]

I was at game one of the 2003 WS and saw this dude come out of the bullpen and was a fan since then (despite his team sonning mine).

He had 22 wins in '05 then it was all downhill from there?

Was it an injury? Fill me in, brehs (pause)

 

[dtownreppin214]

he lost the strike zone. i'm not sure exactly what happened (control problems, anxiety, injuries) but he became a walk machine.

 

[SmoothOperator88]

Steve Blass disease. When a pitcher just inexplicably doesn't have control off his pitches anymore. Didn't get hurt or anything just loses it. It happens.

 

[holidayinn21]

he retired recently.

shame. his career was over by the time he was 26.

 

[Street Knowledge]

It was hard to watch him in Detroit

 

[YakSpiller]

Dude was a beast in HS here in the bay.

It was hard to watch him in Detroit

Dude had no control

 

[DallasTxRep]

Me & my homeboy was just talkin about him the other day

 

[mr. smoke weed]

this shyt happened to the closer from the braves in the 90's wholers i think? dude could spark 100 easy then just lost his shyt completely
Dontrelle was shocking though went from 1.13 WHIP to 2.2 in 2 seasons

 

[MikelArteta]

this shyt happened to the closer from the braves in the 90's wholers i think? dude could spark 100 easy then just lost his shyt completely
Dontrelle was shocking though went from 1.13 WHIP to 2.2 in 2 seasons

mark wohlers, same thing happaned to rick ankiel

 

[HookersandIceCream]

Its been almost 10 years since he was good and your asking this now?

 

[Aje]

Its been almost 10 years since he was good and your asking this now?

yes

 

[muzikfrk75]

Willis was an eighth-round pick in the 2000 MLB amateur draft. He made his debut with the Florida Marlins on May 9, 2003, against the Colorado Rockies, pitching six innings and allowing three runs while striking out seven and walking two. Six years later, Willis would start a game for the Detroit Tigers in which he walked eight batters over the course of six innings, allowing six runs and losing the game. That game happened on June 14, and it would be Willis's last start of the season, as he would be placed on the DL with an anxiety disorder. Suddenly Willis couldn't find the plate, and even though he stayed in the league for a few years afterward, that last start of 2009 effectively ended his career.

 

[DeVanteSwing]

i think the giants signed him recently but released him, don't know why

 

[Doctor Wily]

shouldve made the transition to an outfielder

 

[nomoreneveragain]

Delivery like that is too hard to repeat