Joe Saunders Rumors & News

One of the most interesting and frustrating things about baseball is that success doesn't perfectly correlate with victory. Yesterday a haunted, shivering Joe Saunders allowed nearly half (13 out of 29) of his opponents to reach base, but only gave up four runs and kept the Mariners, nominally, in the ballgame. Meanwhile, a Mariners bullpen that has, on average, been fairly strong throughout the season, has been slapped with two losses on consecutive days. One comes away with the sense that it isn't fair, or that it is by definition fair, or that there is no such thing as fairness, bas...

Zach McAllister faces Joe Saunders this afternoon at Progressive Field

Nearly unbeatable at Safeco Field, Joe Saunders calls his home-road dichotomy "hard to explain," but expects to start pitching well on the road.

Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Joe Saunders stretches just before taking his first pitch against the Oakland Athletics in the first inning of the American League MLB baseball game Sunday, May 12, 2013, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Joe Saunders throws against the Oakland Athletics in the first inning of a baseball game on Sunday, May 12, 2013, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Tommy Milone was supposed to be Joe Saunders. He is something more than Joe Saunders, at least for now; the same could once be said of Joe Saunders. In his daily notes, professional baseball writer Carson Cistulli provides a NERD score for each ballgame. The NERD score seeks to measure the watchability of each game, based on how exciting each starting pitcher and team are. Joe Saunders received a NERD score of zero. Scores below zero, it should be noted, are rounded up to zero. The lineups! 1. Adam Rosales (R) SS 1. Michael Saunders (L) CF 2. Jed Lowrie (S) 2B 2. Ja...

The Seattle Mariners’ winning streak ended at three games with a thud Sunday. Starting pitcher Joe Saunders continued to struggle away from Safeco Field, as he has all season. The Mariners failed to come up with hits against former teammate Brandon Morrow. And 22,937 Toronto fans at the Rogers Centre didn’t feel the need to boo their struggling team for the first time in a while. It all added up to a 10-2 Mariners’ loss. Still, there was no anger afterwards. Seattle managed to take 2 of 3 games from the Blue Jays to win its third series in a … Read more »

SEA P WPA TOR P WPA Saunders -.382 Morrow .103 Noesi -.015 Delabar .000 Luetge .000 SEA WPA TOR WPA Saunders .012 Davis .007 Seager .004 Cabrera .083 Morales -.012 Bautista .059 Morse -.109 Encarnacion -.043 Bay -.070 Arencibia .032 Smoak .007 DeRosa .201 Ackley .044 Izturis .068 Montero .074 Bonifacio -.036 Andino -.054 Kawasaki .028 Is Our Savior: Jesus Montero .074 Bad Behavior: Joe Saunders, -.382 Sorry for the late chart, guys. I just got back from a short trip to a neighbor island to the surprising discovery that the Mariners had scored runs...