The Twins have designated infielder Ildemaro Vargas for assignment, Dan Hayes of The Athletic tweets. That will make room for third baseman Josh Donaldson’s activation from the injured list.
Vargas is just a few weeks into his tenure with the Twins, who acquired him from the Diamondbacks for cash considerations on Aug. 11. While the 29-year-old Vargas brings a great deal of defensive versatility to the table, having played all over the diamond since he debuted in 2017, his bat his held him back.
The switch-hitting Vargas has only mustered a .255/.284/.385 line with seven home runs in 289 plate appearances at the game’s highest level, including 24 PA as a member of the Twins. He has, however, recorded a much more encouraging .326/.371/.464 line with 126 extra-base hits (88 doubles, 21 homers, 17 triples) over 1,468 plate appearances in Triple-A ball.
Still not god awful. He’ll get picked up by somebody else, especially with catcher production down this season.
BTW, don’t go after me saying he’s “not god awful”. I know he has an OPS+ of 31 in 2020, and 83 in 2019, but still he could be a backup for a weaker club.
What does catcher production have to do with Vargas?
Oh crap lol. I could’ve sworn that Vargas was a catcher, but yeah after looking it up, I was wrong. Okay, take back all of what I just said lol. Thanks for pointing that out.
The only trade Falvey was willing to make this season, what an organization…
Still better then almost the whole Brewer team
After his performance in that 19-inning game against them last year, and after being originally signed by them, I could see the Cardinals adding him to their player pool.
Got a question…If a player is DFA after the trade deadline can he still be traded or will he have to be waived after the 10 days??
He cannot be traded unless he is a PTBNL in a trade concluded before the trade deadline, which is improbable I guess.
Hopefully he sees the opportunity for playing time next year and sticks around