Dontrelle Willis  
Starting Pitcher | Anaheim Angels

Pitching
Willis can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He has an above-average changeup and the ability to throw from a variety of arm angles. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Basestealers have succeeded against Willis because his pickoff move is weak for a lefthander. Willis is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Willis has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2008 ANA 85 88 80 25 47 48 49 49 47 79 75 0 66 0 0 0 19 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 5 51 60 348
2009 ANA 85 89 80 31 47 48 49 49 47 80 75 0 66 0 0 0 20 0 Overhand Active 0 0 4 67 355
2010 ANA 89 89 80 35 47 48 49 49 47 81 75 0 66 0 0 0 21 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 364
Ratings Delta   +4     +4           +1             +1 +1         -4 +3 +9
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.