Miguel Antonio Vargas (born November 17, 1999) is a Cuban professional baseball infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.
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![]() Vargas at the 2022 All-Star Futures Game | |
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Infielder | |
Born: (1999-11-17) November 17, 1999 (age 22) La Habana, Cuba | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
August 3, 2022, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
MLB statistics (through 2022 season) | |
Batting average | .170 |
Home runs | 1 |
Runs batted in | 8 |
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Vargas signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an international free agent in September 2017.[1] He spent his first professional season in 2018 with the Arizona League Dodgers, Ogden Raptors and Great Lakes Loons.[2]
Vargas played 2019 with Great Lakes and Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He started 2021 with Great Lakes before being promoted to the Tulsa Drillers.[3] Between the two teams, he appeared in 120 games and batted .319 with 23 homers and 76 RBI.[4] The Dodgers honored him by awarding him the organizations Branch Rickey Minor League Player of the Year Award.[5] He was selected as a post-season Double-A Central all-star.[6] He was promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers to begin the 2022 season[7] and was selected to represent the Dodgers at the 2022 All-Star Futures Game.[8] He played in 113 games for Oklahoma City, batting .304 with 17 homers and 72 RBIs.[4]
The Dodgers promoted Vargas to the major leagues for the first time on August 2, 2022.[9] He made his first appearance the following day, against the San Francisco Giants as the starting designated hitter. In his first at-bat he hit a ground-rule double off Giants' starter Alex Cobb.[10] On September 24, 2022, Vargas hit his first MLB home run off Jordan Montgomery of the St. Louis Cardinals.[11] In 18 games with the Dodgers, he hit .170 with eight RBI while playing first base and left field as well as designated hitter.[12]
His father, Lázaro Vargas, played baseball for the Cuban national team.[13]
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