Rox Pile » Montreal Expos http://roxpile.com A Colorado Rockies Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 25 May 2013 01:03:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Rockies sign Olympic Champion Snowboarder — oh, wait, different Sean White… http://roxpile.com/2011/01/12/rockies-sign-olympic-champion-snowboarder-oh-wait-different-sean-white/ http://roxpile.com/2011/01/12/rockies-sign-olympic-champion-snowboarder-oh-wait-different-sean-white/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:05:48 +0000 http://roxpile.com/?p=702 Earlier this week, the Rockies signed relief pitchers Claudio Vargas and Sean White to minor league contracts. Both players are coming off terrible 2010 seasons and are long-shots to make a difference for the team next season — thus the minor league contracts.

Vargas is an eight-year veteran that has played for five franchises — six, if you count the Expos and the Nationals as two separate teams. From 2003 through 2007, he was a very average starting pitcher, never winning more than twelve games in a season. In 2009, pitching from the bullpen for the Dodgers then the Brewers, Claudio had a breakout year. He appeared in thirty-six games with a 1.74 ERA and a very impressive .968 WHIP. However, 2010 was the worst year of Vargas’s career. He was shelled in 17 appearances, causing the Brewers to designate him for assignment early in the season. Vargas will turn thirty-three in June.
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