Vargas (and Joey Meneses) hit the FA market. I am surprised for all the reasons I noted below.
It's seems pretty good they are moving on. Likely this means they see Jose Tena as the future utility man as he is a lot younger and has the potential to hit a bit better. His defense is right now probably comparable to Vargas which actually shows well for Vargas who is 8-9 years older. I'd expect that he would be worse in his late 20s but that's half a decade away. In the meantime there's really no downside unless you think Vargas' clubhouse presence will be missed a lot. Joey was also kind of liked from what I could tell so we'll see. Winning makes guys feel a lot better about the clubhouse without clubhouse guys needed.
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Uhhhhh...Tena made 10 errors in 37 games and averaged one every 30 innings in the field. Seems very un-Vargas-like (6 errors in 680 innings)
Yeah I was wondering where in the world he got that idea from!
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