Mariners agree with Joe Saunders

[Slats]

One year deal pending a physcial according to Ken Rosenthal on Twitter.

[BDP20]

Nice move Jack Z, especially a one year deal! I've read Saunders was looking for a multi-year deal. Gives the team a lefty vet after King Felix and Iwakuma.

[BayAreaMadSkill]

I love this signing.

Throwing out Felix, Iwakuma, Saunders, Hultzen sounds pretty sweet.

[TTown]

lookout landing said it best, he's pretty much jason vargas so you could now argue we got kendrys morales for nothing.

interesting splits for saunders last year: he got lit up at camden, but was one of the more dominant road pitchers in the AL. hopefully the safeco effect will help him put it all together for us.

[Sweezo]

I'm a fan of the deal. I agree than he's similar to Vargas, and I'm much rather have a player like Saunders in the rotation over Bevan/Noesi/whatever.

Plus, if Jon Garland is healthy he's not far removed from being an effective starter himself. I certainly feel more comfortable with the rotation now than I did a week ago. If one of the injury-riddled vets [Garland, Bonderman] earns a spot in the rotation, great. If one of the prospects [Hultzen, Walker, Paxton] pulls off the inexpected, that's great too. Just don't resort to putting Beavan or Noesi back out there.