As part of the Aaron Heilman trade in the winter he has come up with the mariners and as a starter has done a solid job.......however that trade we made with the mets for him was a very good one and hopefully henry owens can come back strong.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7599

 

By the way does anyone know how much longer owens has on his suspension?

I route for a lot of ex-Marlins. It was pretty obvious at the time that Vargas just wasn't gonna get it done in the majors. He had been figured out and didn't have the pitches to excel. I still don't understand how we traded him and got two worthwhile pieces, when these days our FO can't even trade good players and get the same return.

i was a big vargas fan when he pitched for us. i wish him the best of luck with the m's but i highly doubt he can keep up those kind of numbers

i was a big vargas fan when he pitched for us. i wish him the best of luck with the m's but i highly doubt he can keep up those kind of numbers

 

 

Yeah, he's had a few great games, but he won't be able to keep it up if he keeps pitching like he is. He has a K/BB of just 1.89 and has given up a lot of HRs. One of the main reasons his ERA is so low is because of his LOB%, 98.4%. League average is just 71%, so that should come crashing down.

I was just reading today that the main reason for the Mariner's success this season was the new GMs's ability to define and then build a team around defense first, which I'd assume is one of the reasons for his high LOB%.

Vargas is seeing big dollar signs now.

I blame Girardi for Vargas, he made the Scarecrow cut his hair!!!! He was like Sampson after the cut.