The Dodgers are running with the rookies in 2023. LA opened the year with three rookies on the active roster with Michael Grove, Miguel Vargas, and James Outman. All three have been playing together throughout the farm system over the past few seasons and have built up bonds that will last a lifetime. Particularly Vargas and Outman who have been teammates since their first full seasons as professionals in 2018.
That’s plenty of time to come up with a good nickname, right? Well, that’s exactly what Vargas has done. In a recent one on one on SportsNet LA, it was revealed that Vargas came up with the name “Tarzan” for Outman.