Dontrelle Willis Put On DL With Anxiety Disorder

The Detroit Tigers have placed pitchers Dontrelle Willis and Joel Zumaya on the 15-day disabled list. Zumaya’s placement on the DL is retroactive to March 27, according to the AP. A sore right shoulder is the cause of him being placed on the DL. Willis has been placed on the DL due to due to an anxiety disorder. According to Willis, the diagnosis came from follow-up blood tests...

Angles ace John Lackey is not likely to make his Opening Day start. He has currently been shut down due to tightness and inflammation in his right forearm. According to MLB.com, Lackey experienced the tightness during a 90-pitch outing on Sunday against the Royals. It was also reported that he was a little tight after playing catch on Thursday and this was what made the team decide...

What the hell is going on with Dontrelle Willis? He went from being a dominant pitcher, to a pitcher with erratic control, to a minor-league pitcher who couldn't get the ball to home plate, and now, he's placed on the DL with an anxiety disorder.I don't even know what that means but a part of me thinks that's doctor talk for....You're crazy....Am I wrong?Does...

This is slightly presumptive of me, but I’m not buying the whole “Dontrelle Willis has an anxiety disorder” thing. Much like when teams put a pitcher on the disabled list after they got bombed in a game, I think this is just a convenient excuse for a bruised ego. The Dodgers placed Andruw [...]

As the Mets hunt for a righthand hitting outfielder, the Mets have made it known to be in the hunt for Ryan Raburn. Raburn plays all three outfield positions and 2B and 3B. Batting  Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS  2004 DET 12 29 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 15 1 0 .138 .194 .172 .366  2007 DET 49 138 28 42 12 2 4 27 8 33 3 0...

Wire, briar, limber lock.  Three geese in a flock.  One flew east, and one flew west, and one flew over the cuckoo’s nest.  -Mother’s Goose Public Service Announcement: Ok, here we go!  Earlier this preseason, Jim Leyland said Dontrelle Willis, “Looks tremendous right now.”  Earlier this preseason, Dontrelle Willis was attacking the strike zone.  He was [...]

I remember how then-Atlanta Braves closer Mark Wohlers was a sight to behold. If you were a Houston Astros fan, you cringed at the idea of seeing Wohlers come into a game to protect a close lead. And then Wohlers couldn't find the plate. He became erratic, hitting batters and walking others before playing himself out of the league.Add to that Dontrelle Willis.The once up-and...

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I don't need to tell you what the Tigers have been up to this offseason. GM Dave Dombrowski made the biggest news of the winter not involving anyone named Barry, Roger or Johan by trading a bevy of prospects and Mike Rabelo for Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis. They promptly locked D-Train up thro...

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-In a somewhat strange story, Dontrelle Willis will begin the season on the 15 day DL due to an anxiety disorder. Willis said that he consulted with team doctors who performed a drug test that revealed reasons for concern. According to Willis and team doctors, the condition is easily treatable.- Kevin Gregg was won the closer role for the Cubs in an upset victory over the electrifying...

The All-Star game is past us now and it's time to look forward to the most overblown, least important part of the baseball season, that's right, the trading deadline. In just 19 days some desperate team will vastly overpay for an average upgrade, thereby ruining its farm system for a few extra wins. So, despite the fact that we only have a few for you today, here are the...

It must be tough to be a Detroit Tigers fan these days. Only days after learning that pitcher Dontrelle Willis would be out indefinitely because of an anxiety disorder, we now learn that outfielder/designated hitter Gary Sheffield has been released. The Detroit Free Press is reporting that the Tigers have released designated hitter Gary Sheffield this morning, a startling development...

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