May 12, 200521 yr 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
May 12, 200521 yr Fascinating that D-Train has joined Babe Ruth in pitching. Now let's get him more AB's!
May 12, 200521 yr 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.
May 12, 200521 yr 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
May 12, 200521 yr 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
May 12, 200521 yr 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.
May 12, 200521 yr 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
May 12, 200521 yr 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.
May 12, 200521 yr 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.
May 12, 200521 yr 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
May 12, 200521 yr 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.
May 12, 200521 yr 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
May 12, 200521 yr 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.
May 12, 200521 yr 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.
May 12, 200521 yr 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.
May 12, 200521 yr 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.
May 12, 200521 yr 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.
May 12, 200521 yr 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
May 12, 200521 yr 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
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