6/1 16:28: According to Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Daily Republic, the Tigers will receive right-handed pitcher Billy Buckner from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Dontrelle Willis.

6/1 16:19: Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports says the Tigers will receive at least one player from the Diamondbacks.

6/1 15:17: Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic adds, “deal will almost certainly require approval from commish’s office for cash changing hands.”

6/1 14:51: According to Ed Price of FanHouse.com, his source says that the Tigers have traded left handed pitcher Dontrelle Willis to the Arizona Diamondbacks pending a physical.

Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports.com confirmed the trade.

Yesterday Willis’ agent, Matt Sosnick, says that Arizona is “one of the places he would rather play.”  Sosnick added, “Out west in the National League would be his choice.” Sosnick said that Willis and his wife are buying a home in the Phoenix area – a process that started before Willis was designated for assignment.

Willis went 2-8 with a 6.86 ERA over the last three years with the Tigers, covering 24 games — 22 of them starts. He missed stretches over the previous two seasons to the disabled list — a knee injury in 2008, then what was termed as anxiety disorder last year — but at the root, his Tigers tenure came down to a seemingly endless battle with finding the strike zone consistently.