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!
Yeah Tena was atrocious in the field maybe he can learn 3B but not a promising start
Tena's defense coming into this year was seen as a positive. His arm in undeniably strong and his range seems ok. I'm taking prospect reviews over 40 game tryout yips. But yes, if it isn't just that it's a clear step back.
Tena was played as a SS in the high minors. He's probably not Mr. Clank.
I don't think we'll see Joey M. back. But I'm not sure he was as much "fired" as given the opportunity to latch onto another MLB team. With his strange RBI superpower, he may have a role on a bad team, or with a better team's taxi squad. He's at least a cromulent AAA DH/1B/LF.
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