Saunders re-signs with Arizona: Yahoo! Sports reports free agent SP Joe Saunders has agreed to re-sign with the Diamondbacks on a one-year deal worth $6 million to avoid arbitration. (Updated 01/17/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 2/12/12).
Fantasy Analysis
Saunders posted the second-lowest ERA of his career (3.69) in 2011, but he still remained on the free-agent market for a while before re-signing with Arizona. Saunders has just 18 wins in the last two seasons after totaling 33 from 2008-09. He definitely chews up innings, but Saunders doesn't have dominating stuff and has weak strikeout totals. Leave him as a late-round Fantasy option in deep formats on Draft Day. (Updated 01/17/2012).
01/27/2012 04:25 2012 Fantasy outlooks: Arizona Diamondbacks
Arizona went from worst to first in 2011, but will the breakthrough performances that sent them to the playoffs return in 2012? Scott White dives into the Diamondbacks in a Fantasy team outlook.
The 30-year-old Joe Saunders had one of his best career ERAs in 2011 as the Diamondbacks played into the postseason. Saunders posted a 3.69 ERA over 33 starts and 212 innings for Arizona. He was a bulldog on the mound, despite finishing below .500 at 12-13 for the season. That said, Saunders will have to continue to pitch well to remain in a crowded and talented rotation. The team added Trevor Cahill to a solid rotation and that pushes Saunders to the No. 5 spot in the tentative pre-spring depth chart. Saunders has topped 200 innings in two straight seasons, despite losing an average of 15 games per year over that span, and that gives him value in NL-only and deeper mixed Fantasy leagues heading into 2012. (Updated 2/7/12)
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