Marc Normandin at Mets Geek takes a deeper look at newly acquired RHP Claudio Vargas, who is currently working out in extended spring training in St. Lucie.
Normandin writes:
“He’s better than replacement level, but not by much…don’t expect him to beef up the back-end of the rotation anymore than the usual suspects over the long run.”
For his career, Vargas is 43-38 with a 4.95 ERA.
…the low-risk signing of vargas was a good contingency plan in case anyone else goes down or isn’t performing…i admittedly did not know much about vargas before the mets signed him, but hopefully we don’t need his services too often, especially if Nelson Figueroa remains successful…
…wow, did i really just say that…

“He’s better than replacement level, but not by much…don’t expect him to beef up the back-end of the rotation anymore than the usual suspects over the long run.”



