No disrespect to Vargas, but the question I keep asking myself is "Why?". Why were time and resources used to make this trade happen when it does absolutely nothing for this team? The team has not been improved present or future. If we're gonna throw in the towel and focus on 2010, do it. Trade away the pieces that we can't use in the future for pieces that have a chance for the future. Try to finish in the lower half of teams so we don't have to give as much if we sign any FAs and to also improve our draft status. If we still think we have a chance to win the division, show it. Unload some prospects for a SP that will actually make a difference. We are no better off with Vargas on the roster than we were without him. And he doesn't help us at all in 2010. He will not help us any more this year than some AAA scrub that we could have called up. Personally, I would rather have given a chance to some of our minor leaguers just to see what they can do at the big league level. Vargas will make .9 million this year. Pedro Martinez signed for 1 million. Seriously, I'd rather Melvin just roll the dice and try to sign Byrd and/or Glavine for that kind of money.