Ed Ryan at Mets Fever speculates that former Florida Marlin superstar Dontrelle Willis could be released by the Tigers after this spring. Ryan believes that if the Tigers do indeed end up releasing Willis for salary reasons even though he is finally finding some success in spring training (1-0 0.90) then the Mets will swoop in and sign him to a minor league deal as a reclamation project.
The old saying goes “you can never have too much pitching”, but I still don’t see a D-Train in New York even if it is on a minor league deal. The Mets have an 
abundance of starters right now just like Dontrelle. There is Jon Niese and Fernando Nieve competing for the #5 spot on the Mets rotation. New comer Hisanori Takahashi turning heads and then there is Nelson Figueroa and Tobi Stoner. And I would probably take all 5 if not definitely at least 4 of them over D-Train.
The only way the Mets need to bring in a starting pitcher is if he is an established #3 or better. Plus despite the gaudy ERA D-Train’s command has been a bit erratic with 5 walks and 2 hit batsmen in just 10 innings. Sorry we already have enough erratic lefties with past success on this team(I’m looking at you Oliver Perez). Let’s take a pass on this one.
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