strandedx02 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 On the BBTN site on espn.com it says that the D-Train is only the fifth pitcher in the last 90 years to win his first 7 starts in a season before turning 24. The others were Fernando Valenzuela (1981), Roger Moret (1973), Boo Ferriss (1945), and Babe Ruth (1917). Interesting also that the four previous pitchers all won exactly 8 starts in a row. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/bbtn/index Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJBurnett34 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 What a start for Dontrelle to this season. 7-0? Just amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flag Man Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Fascinating that D-Train has joined Babe Ruth in pitching. Now let's get him more AB's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bman8316 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 I love to see Dontrelle perform like this, lets just hope he can keep this going through the whole season, this is just a great start to the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malman Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 I was listening to Boog the other day and he attributed a lot of Dontrelle's early success this season to Juan Pierre. Dontrelle is in the best shape of his life...he has been following JP's workout regimen. :thumbup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Eyes Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 went to the game last night and man dontrelle was lights out, it looked like he was just doing what ever he wanted with the hitters, he was throwing all his pitches for strikes and just dominated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishFan24 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 You think he can beat Livan's streak of 9 straight? :mischief2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJBurnett34 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 You think he can beat Livan's streak of 9 straight? :mischief2 770869[/snapback] I think he can, he hasnt allowed more than one or two runs in any of his starts. He also has the energy and the ability to do it no doubt about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMFan4Life7 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 You think he can beat Livan's streak of 9 straight? :mischief2 770869[/snapback] Well, ESPN projects him to go 33-0 with 191 K's. :mischief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBMarlin Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 You think he can beat Livan's streak of 9 straight? :mischief2 770869[/snapback] He can provided he gets the run support. Last night was a bit dicey with only 2 runs against Oswalt. He's going to need more to get the win in LA against Penny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlins2003 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Speaking of Brad Penny, is it my imagination or is he as big as a house these days? It looks like the LA lifestyle still hasn't convinced Brad to get in shape. I only saw a few minutes of the game last night but he looked huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malman Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Speaking of Brad Penny, is it my imagination or is he as big as a house these days? It looks like the LA lifestyle still hasn't convinced Brad to get in shape. I only saw a few minutes of the game last night but he looked huge. 770942[/snapback] It was tough to tell...the highlights I saw only showed him turned around looking at balls headed towards the gaps in the outfield... :whistle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishFan24 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Speaking of Brad Penny, is it my imagination or is he as big as a house these days? It looks like the LA lifestyle still hasn't convinced Brad to get in shape. I only saw a few minutes of the game last night but he looked huge. 770942[/snapback] I don't know. Its hard to really tell, but then again Brad was always built like a horse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Eyes Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 yea he looked huge but like stated above he's always been big boned. btw choi is tearing it up out there, i think he has 8 dingers now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBMarlin Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 yea he looked huge but like stated above he's always been big boned. btw choi is tearing it up out there, i think he has 8 dingers now 770956[/snapback] He is also hitting over .300, and on par with Delgado.....at least for the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotcorner Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 I was listening to Boog the other day and he attributed a lot of Dontrelle's early success this season to Juan Pierre. Dontrelle is in the best shape of his life...he has been following JP's workout regimen. :thumbup 770860[/snapback] That's a very interesting point. Dontrelle's fastball seems to be faster than I remember seeing too. He seemed to be in the low 90s mostly, and last night he was hitting 94 plenty, & even his final pitch of the 8th inning was 95. Could very well be the conditioning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fritz Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 I was listening to Boog the other day and he attributed a lot of Dontrelle's early success this season to Juan Pierre. Dontrelle is in the best shape of his life...he has been following JP's workout regimen. :thumbup 770860[/snapback] That's a very interesting point. Dontrelle's fastball seems to be faster than I remember seeing too. He seemed to be in the low 90s mostly, and last night he was hitting 94 plenty, & even his final pitch of the 8th inning was 95. Could very well be the conditioning. 770978[/snapback] I wonder if the added velocity comes from taking something off his delivery and he saves that energy that would've otherwise been expelled during the windup/delivery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSwift25 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Speaking of Brad Penny, is it my imagination or is he as big as a house these days? It looks like the LA lifestyle still hasn't convinced Brad to get in shape. I only saw a few minutes of the game last night but he looked huge. 770942[/snapback] I watched the game against Cincy, and yeah, Penny looked like he put on more weight in the neck and face, but his body looks about where it was while he was here. Can't regret getting him out of here before his body pulls a David Wells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accord Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 D-Train is slated to pitch against the Dodgers, hopefully en route to 8-0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlins2003 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 I was listening to Boog the other day and he attributed a lot of Dontrelle's early success this season to Juan Pierre. Dontrelle is in the best shape of his life...he has been following JP's workout regimen. :thumbup 770860[/snapback] That's a very interesting point. Dontrelle's fastball seems to be faster than I remember seeing too. He seemed to be in the low 90s mostly, and last night he was hitting 94 plenty, & even his final pitch of the 8th inning was 95. Could very well be the conditioning. 770978[/snapback] I wonder if the added velocity comes from taking something off his delivery and he saves that energy that would've otherwise been expelled during the windup/delivery. 770990[/snapback] I would think that being a year older and that much stronger, combined with better conditioning in the off-season and Wiley's work to streamline his windup have all combined to make him the pitcher he is today. Generally I'm against bringing up kids at 20 or so the way did with Dontrelle, but he's the exception that proves the rule. Most times these kids may have the stuff but they don't have the physical maturity to withstand the rigors of MLB. For every DW that flourishes there's a dozen David Clydes, who had all the stuff in the world but blew out their arms and ended their careers. Look at Mark Prior by example. My sense is he's going to be a perrenial DL candidate, having done himself so much damage he may never fully recover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Juanky Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 yea he looked huge but like stated above he's always been big boned. btw choi is tearing it up out there, i think he has 8 dingers now He is also hitting over .300, and on par with Delgado.....at least for the moment.Yeah, he's hitting .600 with 8 RBIs in his last four games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
305Marlins305 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 hopefully he can continue to perform this well, and since he is so young, the only way to go is up, o, and moderator, nice sig, funny that u edited out juan encarnacion, funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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