According to The Baltimore Sun the Orioles have interest in free agent pitcher Joe Saunders. Baltimore, who has the Majors worst pitching staff in 2011, has also been linked to Wei-Yin Chen, Edwin Jackson and Jair Jurrjens. Saunders was non-tendered by the Arizona Diamondnbacks after going 12-13 with a 3.9 ERA in 2011.
Saunders has been a reliable innings eater for both the Angels and Diamondbacks. He has pitched at least 186 innings in each of the past four seasons. Though reliable Saunders won’t wow anyone with his stuff. He has averaged a lackluster 5.0 strikeouts per nine innings for his career. The Orioles have already added soft tossing lefties Tsuyoshi Wada and Dana Eveland this offseason. Saunders would be more of the same. Saunders, who gave up 29 home runs in 212 innings last season, may be hammered facing the deep AL East lineups.
Saunders made $5.5 million last season for Arizona and was likely in line for a decent raise through arbitration, hence the n...
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