MLB · P · Seattle Mariners
Carlos Vargas
B/T R/R · 6' 4" · 210 lb · born Moca, Dominican Republic · age 26 · played P 8 · MLB debut 2023-03-30
Last 14 days (through 2026-08-31): 4 G · 6.2 IP · 1.35 ERA · 8 SO · 0.75 WHIP
49 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Carlos Vargas, a 6'4" right-hander from Moca, DR, reached the big leagues in 2023 and has 63 strikeouts in 76 career appearances. His last 14 days at the MLB level amount to one game and two strikeouts — a sip of coffee, not a stretch.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
Pre-arbitrationA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- 2026 salary
- $0.79Mest
- Tax hit
- $0.79M
- Service time
- 1 yr 140 d
- Options left
- 0 / 3
The deal 1 year $0.8M (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y/$790,100 (26)
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 | Arb 4 |
| Tax hit | — | — | — | — |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Seattle Mariners.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $0.79M
- Guaranteed
- $0.79M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Pre-Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | Minimum | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 | Arb 4 |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
Two sources, read a month apart, put this guarantee at the same dollar. That is the check, and it passed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
Collect Carlos Vargas
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Umpire favor
+0.2 net runs over 4 graded games — an even shake from the zone this season.
The line
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