The Twins have been trying to talk Vargas into playing overseas for multiple seasons now, and he has refused. So there feels like some "twist the knife" in all of this. But I'm not feeling bad for Vargas personally as he's made it to the show and had a nice little run. Could the Twins use Vargas off the bench more than that 14th reliever at the back of the pen?? um, yes , certainly for the first few weeks or so, when there's so many days off they supposedly don't even need that fifth starter. But I can also see the value if the are able to slip him through waiver to AAA. Just my .02¢