Carlos Vargas (baseball)

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Carlos Vargas
Seattle Mariners – No. 54
Pitcher
Born: (1999-10-13) October 13, 1999 (age 25) Moca, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
March 30, 2023, for the Arizona Diamondbacks
MLB statistics (through 2023 season)
Win–loss record	0–0
Earned run average	5.79
Strikeouts	7
Teams
Arizona Diamondbacks (2023)

Carlos Miguel Vargas (born October 13, 1999) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Career

Cleveland Indians / Guardians

Vargas was signed by the Cleveland Indians as an international free agent on July 2, 2016.[1] He made his professional debut in 2018 with the rookie–level Arizona League Indians, for whom he pitched to a 3.93 ERA across 10 games (9 starts).[2] In 2019, Vargas made 15 starts for the Low–A Mahoning Valley Scrappers, registering a 6–4 record and 4.52 ERA with 71 strikeouts across 77+2⁄3 innings of work.[3] He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

On November 20, 2020, the Indians added Vargas to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[5] In April 2021, Vargas underwent ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction (Tommy John surgery),[6] causing him to miss the entire 2021 season. He began the 2022 season on the rebranded Cleveland Guardians' major league 60-day injured list as he continued to recover from surgery. Vargas was activated from the injured list on July 18, 2022, and optioned to the Double-A Akron RubberDucks. He was promoted to the Guardians' Triple-A affiliate, the Columbus Clippers, on September 3.

The Guardians promoted Vargas to the major leagues for the first time on September 16, 2022.[7] He was optioned back to Columbus on September 20 without having made an appearance for the Guardians, becoming a phantom ballplayer.

Arizona Diamondbacks

The Guardians traded Vargas to the Arizona Diamondbacks on November 15, 2022, in exchange for minor league pitcher Ross Carver.[8] Vargas made the Diamondbacks' Opening Day roster for the 2023 season.[9] In five major league appearances for Arizona, he logged a 5.79 ERA with seven strikeouts across 4+2⁄3 innings. The Diamondbacks optioned Vargas to the Reno Aces on April 12.[10]

Seattle Mariners

On November 22, 2023, the Diamondbacks traded Vargas along with Seby Zavala to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for Eugenio Suárez.[11] He was optioned to the Triple–A Tacoma Rainiers to begin the 2024 season.[12]

References

1. "No. 17 Carlos Vargas, RHP: Cleveland Indians top prospects right now". cleveland. March 31, 2020.
2. "Carlos Vargas - Stats - Pitching". fangraphs.com. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
3. "Carlos Vargas Stats & Scouting Report". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
4. "2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled". mlb.com. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
5. Franco, Anthony (November 20, 2020). "Indians Select Five Players To 40-Man Roster". MLB Trade Rumors.
6. "Indians Notes: Allen, Rotation, Vargas, Hankins, Jones". MLB Trade Rumors. April 30, 2021.
7. Paquette, Todd (September 16, 2022). "Guardians To Add Another Potential Weapon Out Of The Pen In Flame Throwing Vargas". SI.com.
8. Franco, Anthony (November 15, 2022). "Diamondbacks Acquire Carlos Vargas From Guardians". MLB Trade Rumors.
9. "Diamondbacks' Carlos Vargas: Wins final spot in bullpen". cbssports.com. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
10. https://arizonasports.com/story/3519640/diamondbacks-option-carlos-vargas-pull-scott-mcgough-off-paternity-list/
11. "Mariners Acquire C Seby Zavala and RHP Carlos Vargas from Arizona". Seattle Mariners. November 22, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
12. "Mariners' Carlos Vargas: Optioned to Tacoma". cbssports.com. March 21, 2024.

External links

• Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)