OF Victor Robles placed on 10-day Injured List; RHP Carlos Vargas transferred to 60-day Injured List
ARLINGTON – Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Justin Hollander announced today the following roster moves:
- Connor Joe (#9), INF/OF, selected from Triple-A Tacoma.
- Victor Robles, OF, placed on 10-day Injured List (right pec strain, retroactive to April 7).
- Carlos Vargas, RHP, transferred from 15-day Injured List to 60-day Injured List (right lat strain).
Joe, 33, is batting .235 (8×34) with 4 doubles, 1 home run, 4 RBI and 3 walks in 9 games with Triple-A Tacoma. He’s appeared defensively at first base, left field and right field for the Rainiers this season.
The 5-foot-11, 205-pounder appeared with the Reds and Padres in the 2025 season, batting .186 (13×70) with 4 doubles, 4 RBI, 2 stolen bases and 7 walks in 42 games.
Joe was originally selected as the 39th overall pick in the 2014 MLB First Player Draft. He’s appeared in 6 seasons in the Majors with San Francisco (2019), Colorado (2021-22), Pittsburgh (2023-24), Cincinnati (2025) and San Diego (2025).
Robles, 28, is batting .231 (3×13) with a double, an RBI and a stolen base in 5 games with Seattle. Since joining the Mariners in 2024 he is 37-for-40 in stolen base attempts.
The Santo Domingo Este native spent most of last season on the Injured List after suffering a left shoulder dislocation making a leaping catch into the netting on April 6 at San Francisco, causing him to miss 119.
Robles began his career with the Washington Nationals, appearing in 8 big-league seasons for them from 2017-24. Robles was the starting center fielder on the 2019 World Series-winning Nationals team. He originally signed with Washington as an international free agent out of the Dominican Republic on July 2, 2013.
Vargas, 26, was placed in the 15-day Injured List on March 27. He made 70 appearances for the Mariners in 2025, going 5-5 with a 3.97 ERA (34 ER, 77.0 IP) with 54 strikeouts and 23 walks.
The Moca, Dominican Republic native earned his first Major League win on April 11 vs. Texas and his first MLB save on May 6 at the Athletics. He made his Mariners debut on March 28 vs. the Athletics.
Vargas has appeared in parts of 2 Major League seasons with the Diamondbacks (2023) and Mariners (2025). He was originally signed by the Cleveland Guardians as an international free agent on July 2, 2016 and was acquired by the Mariners on November 22, 2023 along with C Seby Zavala from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for INF Eugenio Suárez.
