According to Jeremy Cothran, the Mets are very close to signing Claudio Vargas to a minor league deal.
The deal would send Vargas to AAA, but the Mets are competing with a few other teams.
First off, I would just like to point out that Vargas' agent is named "Bean Stringfellow." This is the greatest name in the history of names.
I don't mind this deal, because they need arms. Lots of them. Sign him, keep him around, and hopefully the Mets will never need him, but we all know they will.
