Carlos Vargas #54

Carlos Miguel Vargas Henriquez...born in Moca, Dominican Republic.

2025

Made 70 appearances for the Mariners, going 5-5 with a 3.97 ERA (34 ER, 77.0 IP) with 54 strikeouts and 23 walks...Registered first career Major League save on May 6 at the Athletics, tossing a scoreless ninth inning in a 5-3 Mariners win...After spending the entire 2024 season with Triple-A Tacoma after coming over to the Mariners organization in an offseason trade, made Mariners debut on March 28 vs. Athletics, tossing 1.1 innings...Induced ground balls at a 57.1% rate, which ranked in the 95th percentile among pitchers according to Baseball Savant...His 4.9 barrel rate ranked in the 92nd percentile among pitchers, while his 35.2% hard-hit rate ranked in the 87th percentile...Averaged 87.6 mph on his fastballs, which ranked in the 93rd percentile among all pitchers...Threw his two-seam fastball/sinker around 63% of the time, by far his most used pitch...limited opponents to a .351 slugging percentage on the pitch and just two home runs...threw the pitch a total of 694 times...In 14 May appearances, posted a 2.45 ERA (4 ER, 14.2 IP) with 15 strikeouts...In 13 appearances during the month of June, posted a 3.75 ERA (5 ER, 12.0 IP), holding opponents to a .150 batting average.

2024

Went 2-5 with a 3.54 ERA (21 ER, 53.1 IP) with 18 walks and 40 strikeouts in 55 games with Triple-A Tacoma. Struck out the side on 11 pitches on June 13 at Round Rock. Went 0-1 with a 1.80 ERA (2 ER, 10.0 IP) with one walk and nine strikeouts in 10 games in June.

2023

Appeared in five Major League games going 0-0 with a 5.79 ERA (3 ER, 4.2 IP), seven strikeouts and four walks...Made 38 relief appearances with Triple-A Reno, going 1-1 with one save, a 7.02 ERA (33 ER, 42.1 IP), 36 strikeouts and 32 walks...Made Major League debut on Opening Day, March 30 at Los Angeles-NL, allowing one run on two hits and one walk while striking out two...On seven-day minor league Injured List from Aug. 15-Sept. 3...Averaged 99.4 MPH on four-seam fastball and maxed out at 101.3 MPH.

2022

Combined to go 4-3 with one save, a 3.67 ERA (14 ER in 34.1 IP) and 37 strikeouts in 27 games between Double-A Akron and Triple-A Columbus...Made his season debut on June 19 with Akron after returning from Tommy John surgery....Promoted to Columbus on Sept. 3 after 19 appearances with Akron (3-3, 1 save, 4.81 ERA)…in eight games with Columbus, went 1-0 with a 0.90 ERA (1 ER in 10.0 IP) and 16 strikeouts...Had brief stints with the Guardians in mid-Sept. and early Oct. but did not make his Major League debut...Ranked as the Guardians' No. 26 prospect by Baseball America...Traded to Arizona on Nov. 15 for RHP Ross Carver.

2021

First campaign on the 40-man roster never got started...Injured right elbow in Spring Training and underwent reconstructive right elbow surgery on April 19 (Dr. Keith Meister, Arlington, TX)...Appeared in one ML exhibition (March 2 at Seattle, 1.0IP, 2H, 1R/ER, 1SO) and pitched in several "B" and Minor League camp games before succumbing to persistent right elbow soreness.

2020

Added to the 40-man roster on November 20, 2020...Did not pitch this summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic...Threw 4.1 innings in the fall development program in Goodyear, AZ following the season (8SO).

2019

Spent entirety of the 2019 season short-season Mahoning Valley, going 7-6 with a 4.34 ERA in 25 games/24 starts (112.0IP, 106H, 54ER, 112SO)...Ranked among the New York-Penn League leaders in starts (T1st, 15), complete games (T1st, 1), innings pitched (3rd, 77.2), wins (3rd, 6) and strikeouts (T8th, 71).

2018

Ranked as the No. 11 prospect in the Arizona League by Baseball America. ...Spent first summer in professional ball in the Arizona Rookie League.