Imanol Vargas Producing Solid Results
1 year agoLos Angeles Dodgers minor-league first baseman Imanol Vargas signed with the club out of Venezuela in 2017. He has slowly progressed through the minor leagues and could still be in Double-A when his 25th birthday comes around at the end of June. Although Vargas is primarily a first baseman, he has spent more than two dozen innings in right field this year, suggesting that the Dodgers are at least optimistic about his glovework and throwing arm. Offensively, Vargas has a tendency to get on base by drawing plenty of walks, but he needs to cut down on his high strikeout rate. He has also shown solid power, homering roughly once every five games and posting a decent .886 OPS this season. This past week, Vargas went 7-for-21 (.333) with three homers and 11 RBI. He also struck out 11 times during that span while drawing five walks over his last four games. It was an impressive week for the 24-year-old, and one that does a good job representing his offensive makeup that consists of power, walks, and too many strikeouts. He'll need to record fewer strike-threes before ascending to Triple-A and the majors.
Source: FanGraphs
Source: FanGraphs