Dodgers trade RHP Vargas to Brewers
Posted by GameSetMatch on July 31st, 2009
The Milwaukee Brewers reacquired reliever Claudio Vargas from the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. The Dodgers got minor league catcher Vinny Rottino in the trade Friday between playoff contenders. The deal was completed hours before baseball’s non-waiver 4 p.m. ET deadline.
The 31-year-old Vargas was 0-0 with a 1.64 ERA in eight games for the NL West-leading Dodgers. The right-hander was on the disabled list for nearly three months because of elbow tendinitis, and was activated July 3. Vargas went 11-6 with a 5.09 ERA for Milwaukee in 2007 and was released before the start of the 2008 season. He is expected to join the Brewers on Saturday in San Diego.
Milwaukee entered Friday tied for third in the NL Central, four games behind the first-place Chicago Cubs.
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