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Willis making progress in Triple-A

By Kevin Goldstein
Baseball Prospectus

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Encouraging results from the D-Train Dontrelle Willis, LHP, Tigers (Triple-A Toledo) Wednesday's stats: 7.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 4 K It didn't take a scout to figure out that Willis was just plain broken this spring, and he definitely is making some slow and steady improvements. On Wednesday night, he sat at 87-90 mph with his fastball and, more importantly, threw 74 of his 118 pitches for strikes. There's no timetable for his return to the majors, but it might be sooner than expected. Ano ...

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