Cincinnati Reds Sign Dontrelle Willis

The Dontrelle Willis expirement is over for the San Francisco Giants.  According to Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com, Dontrelle Willis has signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds.

Willis pitched in eight games while in the Giants minor league farm system and had an ERA of 6.14 with a 0-1 record.  He gave up 5 earned runs in just 7.1 innings.  The plan for the Giants was to try and have pitching guru Dick Tidrow work with Willis and try to get him back to the player he was.  In fact, Willis signed with the Giants over other teams to work with Tidrow. 

According to Andrew Baggarly, the Giants were interested in resigning Dontrelle Willis but I would speculate that Willis figured he had a better chance to start with the Reds.