Remember former Mariners pitcher Jason Vargas? He was one of the team’s starting pitchers from 2009 to 2012. He was one of six players traded from the Mets for JJ Putz, Jeremy Reed, and Sean Green. Only two of his trade-mates served significant time with the Mariners in Mike Carp and Endy Chavez.
Vargas was never ace material and was plenty the victim of the long ball. Leaving the ball in the park was Vargas’s achilles heel as he surrendered a staggering 91 jacks during his four-year tenure.