Joe Saunders
43-Year-Old
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Saunders was released but re-signed with the Mariners on a new minor league deal Tuesday, the Tacoma News Tribune reports.
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Rather than pay Saunders a $100,000 retention bonus as mandated by Rule XX (B) for major league free agents who signed minor league deals, the Mariners released Saunders and re-signed him on a new deal that isn't covered by those provisions. Saunders was recently reassigned to the minors after giving up nine earned runs on 12 hits and five walks over just 6.1 spring innings. He is not on the 40-man roster and will be hard-pressed to earn a spot this season.
Rather than pay Saunders a $100,000 retention bonus as mandated by Rule XX (B) for major league free agents who signed minor league deals, the Mariners released Saunders and re-signed him on a new deal that isn't covered by those provisions. Saunders was recently reassigned to the minors after giving up nine earned runs on 12 hits and five walks over just 6.1 spring innings. He is not on the 40-man roster and will be hard-pressed to earn a spot this season.
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Signed by the Mariners to a $6.5 million deal two years ago, the front office managed to sign him to a minor league deal in February. Not much good can be said about Saunders' 2014 season -- he went 0-5 with a 6.70 ERA and 2.07 WHIP over 43 innings -- but the one positive is that he held opposing lefties to a combined .616 OPS. That number was basically identical to his career mark against left-handers (.617 OPS), and with Seattle rather thin on southpaws in the bullpen, it's possible Saunders could work his way into a specialist role with a strong spring. With Taijuan Walker, Roenis Elias, Danny Hultzen, and Erasmo Ramirez offering better options as the No. 5 starter, it's likely that Saunders will be cast into a relief role -- either as a swing man or a LOOGY, with the latter being more likely than the former at this stage of his career.
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Saunders was reassigned to minor league camp Sunday, Bob Dutton of the Tacoma News Tribune reports.
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Saunders, who has allowed seven runs in 4.1 spring innings, is likely out of the running for the second lefty job in the bullpen, the Tacoma News Tribune reports.
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Saunders signed a minor league contract with the Mariners on Friday that includes an invite to spring training, Bob Dutton of the Tacoma News Tribune reports.
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Saunders' contract was selected from Triple-A Norfolk on Monday, Eduardo A. Encina of the Baltimore Sun reports.
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Joe Saunders: Inks With Baltimore
Saunders signed a minor-league contract with the Orioles on Friday, Roch Kubatko of MASN Sports reports.
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