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• Nationals' Ildemaro Vargas: Fills in for resting Garcia

  09/11/2024 • By RotoWire

  Vargas will start at third base and bat eighth in Wednesday's game against Atlanta. Vargas has now picked up just two starts through the Nationals' first nine games of the month, with both coming against left-handed pitchers. He'll be filling in Wednesday for Luis Garcia, who will cede the keystone to Jose Tena while Vargas covers Tena's usual spot in the infield.

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• Nationals' Ildemaro Vargas: Sitting in second straight

  08/11/2024 • By RotoWire

  Vargas is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Angels. After making five consecutive starts, Vargas now finds himself on the bench for the second day in a row, with both absences coming against right-handed pitching. Though the Nationals optioned Vargas' main competition for playing time at third base, Trey Lipscomb, to Triple-A Rochester on Saturday, the club called up Jose Tena in a corresponding move. Tena will get his second straight start at the hot corner Sunday and looks like he'll be given a look as an everyday player while Vargas shifts to a utility role.

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• Nationals' Ildemaro Vargas: Absent from lineup

  08/10/2024 • By RotoWire

  Vargas is not in the starting lineup for Saturday's game against the Angels, Spencer Nusbaum of The Washington Post reports. Vargas will begin Saturday's contest in the dugout after going 0-for-4 with one strikeout in Friday's 3-2 win over the Halos. Jose Tena will make his Nationals debut at third base while Nasim Nunez returns to the lineup at shortstop.

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• Nationals' Ildemaro Vargas: Gaining playing time in infield

  08/07/2024 • By RotoWire

  Vargas will start at second base and bat fifth in Wednesday's game against the Giants. Though he'll be filling in for a resting Luis Garcia on Wednesday, the switch-hitting Vargas may be in store for at least semi-regular playing time at third base against right-handed pitching in place of Trey Lipscomb, who has produced a .393 OPS since rejoining the big club in early July. Vargas had started over Lipscomb in both of the first two contests of the series, but the Nationals will have room for both players in the infield Wednesday while Garcia rests.

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• Nationals' Ildemaro Vargas: Back in bench role

  07/07/2024 • By RotoWire

  Vargas is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cardinals. Vargas picked up five straight starts in the infield between last Sunday and Thursday, but he benefited largely from Washington facing three left-handed pitchers over that stretch. He'll now hit the bench for the third game in a row, with a right-hander taking the hill for the opposition in each of those contests.

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