http://tomferda.com Sportswriter Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:48:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://tomferda.com/mlb/detroit-tigers/demoted-francoeur-joins-dontrelle-willis/ http://tomferda.com/mlb/detroit-tigers/demoted-francoeur-joins-dontrelle-willis/#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:08:46 +0000 Tom Ferda http://tomferda.com/?p=101 Previously published in Baseball Digest Daily. DETROIT - This year, star MLB players are learning there are no guaranteed positions on the rosters. Despite receiving enormous salaries and long-term contracts, All-Star players and fan favorites are being forced to trade chartered flights to MLB cities for trips to away games on a bus. Dontrelle Willis (29 million over three years) discovered that in June when the Detroit Tigers sent the All-Star left-handed pitcher to their Single A affiliate in Lakeland. Willis was given that assignment after posting an 0-1 record with the Tigers over four starts, lasting a total of 11.1 innings. He experienced severe control problems in those games, walking 21 (almost two per inning average) and posting an ERA of 10.32.]]> http://tomferda.com/mlb/detroit-tigers/demoted-francoeur-joins-dontrelle-willis/feed/ 0