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Carlos Vargas

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #54

Born: October 13, 1999 in Moca, Dominican Republic
MLB debut: March 30, 2023

dbWAR: -.1
IP: 17.1
ERA: 5.19
FIP: 3.85
K/9: 8.8
FIP−: 92

Carlos Vargas is a relief pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. In 2026 he struck out 17 batters over 17.1 innings across 15 appearances, going 2-0. His ERA of 5.19 is 24.3% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 3.85 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 17.1% of swings (9.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.7%. His 0.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP3.85

K/98.8

WHIP1.10

WAR.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	SEA	15	17.1	2	0	0	16	10	17	3	5.19	3.85	1.10	8.8	1.6	124	92	0.2
2025	SEA	70	77.0	5	5	1	81	34	54	23	3.97	4.59	1.35	6.3	2.7	96	110	-0.0
2023	AZ	5	4.2	0	0	0	5	3	7	4	5.79	9.04	1.93	13.5	7.7	134	209	-0.2

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	32	31	8	2	1	7	.258	.281	.516	.339	21.9%
vs RHB	43	37	8	0	2	10	.216	.326	.324	.303	23.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Carlos Vargas throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Sinker	46.8%	124	96.0	2,094	49.2%	12.7%	30	.300	.883
Slider	30.6%	81	88.6	2,550	43.2%	22.9%	27	.111	.407
Cutter	21.9%	58	93.8	2,275	53.4%	17.9%	11	—	—

Carlos Vargas's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.