Nelson
Vargo
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: September 8, 2002 in Dominican Republic
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2023 20 LV HL    
2024 21 LV HL    
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2025 22 LV HL    
2026 23 LV HL    
2027 24 LV HL $ 300,000  
2028 25 LV HL $ 300,000  
2029 26 LV HL $ 300,000  
2030 27 LV HL $ 300,000  
2031 28 LV HL $ 3,578,572  
2032 29 LV HL $ 3,850,000  
2033 30 LV HL $ 5,385,714  
2034 31 SAV SL $ 7,250,000  
2035 32 SAV SL $ 7,250,000  
2036 33 SAV SL $ 7,250,000  
2037 34 SAV SL $ 5,500,000  
2038 35 SAV SL $ 5,500,000  
2039 36 SAV SL $ 4,250,000  
2040 37 SD HL $ 800,000  
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OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,250,000  
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2023 20 LV HL    
2024 21 LV HL    
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2025 22 LV HL    
2026 23 LV HL    
2027 24 LV HL $ 300,000  
2028 25 LV HL $ 300,000  
2029 26 LV HL $ 300,000  
2030 27 LV HL $ 300,000  
2031 28 LV HL $ 3,578,572  
2032 29 LV HL $ 3,850,000  
2033 30 LV HL $ 5,385,714  
2034 31 SAV SL $ 7,250,000  
2035 32 SAV SL $ 7,250,000  
2036 33 SAV SL $ 7,250,000  
2037 34 SAV SL $ 5,500,000  
2038 35 SAV SL $ 5,500,000  
2039 36 SAV SL $ 4,250,000  
2040 37 SD HL $ 800,000  
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OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,250,000  
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Pitcher of the Year or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2023 20 A   12 7 .632 25 25 3 1 0 185.3 208 69 11 23 146 3.35 .281 .302 .371 .673  
2024 21 AA   5 8 .385 16 16 0 0 0 100.0 144 60 9 18 97 5.40 .342 .369 .451 .820  
    A   1 1 .500 5 5 0 0 0 28.3 26 6 0 2 29 1.91 .234 .248 .297 .545  
2025 22 AAA   1 4 .200 6 6 0 0 0 42.7 59 20 4 11 30 4.22 .331 .370 .472 .842  
    AA   9 9 .500 24 24 3 2 0 158.3 178 73 14 43 129 4.15 .283 .328 .402 .730  
2026 23 AAA   5 5 .500 16 16 1 0 0 98.7 122 63 11 31 49 5.75 .298 .348 .447 .795  
2027 24 LV HL 7 4 .636 20 20 1 0 0 118.7 139 48 3 31 58 3.64 .296 .336 .397 .733 6.9
    AAA   4 6 .400 10 10 1 0 0 65.7 75 26 4 27 38 3.56 .280 .346 .384 .730  
2028 25 LV HL 11 10 .524 32 32 0 0 0 205.0 204 67 4 52 108 2.94 .258 .306 .319 .624 14.5
2029 26 LV HL 12 15 .444 35 35 4 0 0 239.3 215 73 6 56 151 2.75 .241 .288 .305 .593 20.1
2030 27 LV HL 11 14 .440 36 36 1 0 0 230.7 247 85 8 58 149 3.32 .276 .324 .357 .681 14.6
2031 28 LV HL 13 12 .520 35 35 2 2 0 217.7 235 68 5 35 124 2.81 .276 .305 .359 .663 19.3
2032 29 LV HL 17 6 .739 34 34 1 1 0 218.0 215 62 5 41 136 2.56 .261 .296 .333 .628 21.2
2033 30 LV HL 13 10 .565 35 35 0 0 0 221.3 234 82 6 38 128 3.33 .269 .304 .352 .656 16.2
2034 31 SAV SL 8 6 .571 23 23 0 0 0 134.3 144 53 3 41 83 3.55 .277 .333 .362 .695 9.9
2035 32 SAV SL 12 7 .632 33 33 0 0 0 214.3 198 76 9 64 115 3.19 .247 .305 .333 .638 16.2
2036 33 SAV SL 11 10 .524 34 34 0 0 0 204.7 205 73 7 55 109 3.21 .262 .312 .347 .659 15.6
2037 34 SAV SL 5 9 .357 29 29 0 0 0 171.7 209 87 4 43 91 4.56 .299 .342 .387 .729 7.2
2038 35 SAV SL 13 13 .500 32 32 1 1 0 190.7 218 92 16 56 96 4.34 .286 .335 .415 .751 8.8
2039 36 SAV SL 3 6 .333 49 1 0 0 7 73.7 81 29 10 31 34 3.54 .285 .362 .437 .799 5.9
2040 37 AAA   1 3 .250 36 0 0 0 0 58.3 81 30 8 17 24 4.63 .329 .373 .492 .864  
13 Years Sim 136 122 .527 427 379 10 4 7 2439.9 2544 895 86 601 1382 3.30 .270 .315 .355 .670 176.5
4 Years AAA 11 18 .379 68 32 2 0 0 265.3 337 139 27 86 141 4.72 .306 .356 .446 .802  
2 Years AA 14 17 .452 40 40 3 2 0 258.3 322 133 23 61 226 4.63 .306 .344 .422 .766  
2 Years A 13 8 .619 30 30 3 1 0 213.7 234 75 11 25 175 3.16 .275 .295 .362 .657  
8 Years Minors 38 43 .469 138 102 8 3 0 737.3 893 347 61 172 542 4.24 .297 .335 .413 .749  
Season Average 10 9 .526 32 29 0 0 0 187.7 195 68 6 46 106 3.30 .270 .315 .355 .670  
Career Highs 17 15 .739 49 36 4 2 7 239.3 247 92 16 64 151 4.56 .299 .362 .437 .799  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1928 687 69 468 991   .275 .321 .363 .683
vs LH   616 208 17 133 391   .253 .292 .334 .625
Home 65 61 .516 213 194 2 1 0 1265.6 1328 452 54 330 732 3.21 .271 .317 .353 .670
Away 71 61 .538 214 185 8 3 7 1174.3 1216 443 32 271 650 3.40 .268 .309 .358 .667
Mar/Apr 23 15 .605 65 54 2 0 1 359.6 349 129 11 104 170 3.23 .258 .311 .339 .650
May 21 23 .477 69 63 2 0 1 407.6 442 167 18 89 229 3.69 .276 .314 .363 .678
June 23 22 .511 74 66 2 2 3 421.6 433 142 19 105 266 3.03 .265 .309 .356 .665
July 22 21 .512 68 62 3 2 0 410.3 407 139 9 110 233 3.05 .263 .312 .336 .648
August 22 20 .524 74 64 1 0 2 399.3 444 158 17 104 245 3.56 .281 .326 .376 .702
Sep/Oct 25 21 .543 77 70 0 0 0 441.3 469 160 12 89 239 3.26 .272 .308 .357 .665
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hitter of the Year or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2027 24 LV HL 20 32 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .031 .061 .031 .092 -1.8 0.0
2028 25 LV HL 32 59 1 7 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 23 .119 .119 .169 .288 -1.2 0.0
2029 26 LV HL 35 78 5 9 3 0 1 11 0 1 2 31 .115 .138 .192 .330 0.3 0.0
2030 27 LV HL 36 73 6 6 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 29 .082 .095 .110 .204 -2.6 0.0
2031 28 LV HL 35 66 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 30 .091 .103 .106 .209 -1.8 0.0
2032 29 LV HL 34 64 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 32 .063 .104 .063 .167 -2.4 0.0
2033 30 LV HL 35 71 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 1 3 35 .099 .135 .113 .248 -1.3 0.0
2034 31 SAV SL 23 45 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 25 .044 .122 .044 .167 -1.9 0.0
2035 32 SAV SL 33 72 5 6 2 0 0 4 1 1 7 38 .083 .165 .111 .276 -0.5 0.0
2036 33 SAV SL 34 73 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 32 .068 .150 .068 .218 -1.9 0.0
2037 34 SAV SL 29 60 4 6 1 0 1 6 0 0 1 27 .100 .111 .167 .278 -0.1 0.0
2038 35 SAV SL 32 74 3 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 29 .054 .078 .081 .159 -3.0 0.0
2039 36 SAV SL 49 24 2 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 16 .083 .120 .333 .453 1.2 0.0
13 Years Sim 427 791 38 65 12 0 5 44 2 7 33 359 .082 .118 .116 .235 -16.9 0.0
162 Game Average 300 14 24 4 0 1 16 0 2 12 136 .082 .118 .116 .235 -6.4  
Career Highs 49 78 6 9 3 0 2 11 1 1 7 38 .119 .165 .333 .453 1.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   605 29 49 11 0 4 36 2 6 24 270 .081 .116 .119 .235 -16.1
vs LH   186 9 16 1 0 1 8 0 1 9 89 .086 .128 .108 .235 -4.4
Home 213 391 19 36 4 0 3 18 1 3 15 181 .092 .126 .125 .251 -8.1
Away 214 400 19 29 8 0 2 26 1 4 18 178 .073 .111 .108 .219 -12.5
RISP   209 0 20 5 0 3 41 0 0 7 98 .096 .123 .163 .285 -1.8
Close/Late   25 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .040 .077 .080 .157 -1.2
Mar/Apr 65 117 6 11 1 0 2 11 0 1 6 56 .094 .138 .154 .292 -0.9
May 69 133 9 12 2 0 0 4 1 1 4 71 .090 .117 .105 .222 -4.0
June 66 136 5 13 4 0 0 9 0 1 4 56 .096 .120 .125 .245 -3.4
July 68 137 6 14 3 0 2 6 0 2 5 56 .102 .133 .168 .301 -1.2
August 73 125 8 6 0 0 0 7 1 0 10 50 .048 .119 .048 .167 -4.8
Sep/Oct 77 143 4 9 2 0 1 7 0 2 4 70 .063 .088 .098 .186 -6.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won In-Game Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2027 24 LV HL P 20 20 118.7 5 18 5 0 .821 1.74    
2028 25 LV HL P 32 32 205.0 7 31 2 3 .950 1.67    
2029 26 LV HL P 35 35 239.3 17 37 7 7 .885 2.03    
2030 27 LV HL P 36 36 230.7 11 39 4 6 .926 1.95    
2031 28 LV HL P 35 35 217.7 13 34 3 3 .940 1.94    
2032 29 LV HL P 34 34 218.0 14 36 4 2 .926 2.06    
2033 30 LV HL P 35 35 221.3 12 28 3 1 .930 1.63    
2034 31 SAV SL P 23 23 134.3 8 26 2 2 .944 2.28    
2035 32 SAV SL P 33 33 214.3 15 35 1 4 .980 2.10    
2036 33 SAV SL P 34 34 204.7 15 29 4 2 .917 1.93    
2037 34 SAV SL P 29 29 171.7 9 28 2 2 .949 1.94    
2038 35 SAV SL P 32 32 190.7 11 28 2 1 .951 1.84    
2039 36 SAV SL P 49 1 73.7 4 11 0 1 1.000 1.83    
Career Totals   427 379 2439.9 141 380 39 34 .930 1.92    
Career Highs   49 36 239.3 17 39 7 7 1.000 2.28    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2029 26 LV HL 0 1 .000 3 3 0 0 0 16.3 22 8 0 7 9 4.41 .306 .367 .361 .728
2031 28 LV HL 0 2 .000 4 4 0 0 0 20.7 38 20 2 9 14 8.71 .418 .470 .626 1.096
2032 29 LV HL 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 3 1 0 0 2 1.50 .143 .143 .238 .381
2033 30 LV HL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.3 8 5 0 1 1 7.11 .308 .333 .500 .833
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 3 .250 9 9 0 0 0 49.3 71 34 2 17 26 6.20 .338 .388 .481 .869
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2029 26 LV HL 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333
2031 28 LV HL 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .125 .125 .125 .250
2032 29 LV HL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
2033 30 LV HL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 9 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .111 .158 .111 .269
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2028-4-2.94
2029-6-2.75
2031-5-2.81
2032-2-2.56
2033-10-3.33
CAR-28-3.30
Wins
2032-2-17
Losses
2029-3-15
2038-7-13
CAR-40-122
Winning Pct
2032-4-.739
Games Started
2029-7-35
2030-6-36
2031-10-35
2033-7-35
CAR-50-379
Complete Games
2029-7-4
2031-9-2
Shutouts
2031-2-2
2032-6-1
2038-4-1
Innings Pitched
2029-6-239.3
CAR-48-2439.9
Hits Allowed
2030-7-247
2031-7-235
2033-8-234
CAR-33-2544
Walks per 9IP
2031-8-1.4
OSLG
2028-4-.319
2029-4-.305
2030-9-.357
2032-3-.333
2035-6-.333
CAR-33-.355
OOPS
2028-4-.624
2029-5-.593
2031-10-.663
2032-6-.628
2035-10-.638
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 43    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 160)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 54)
 
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History
Injured on 4/21/2024 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 5/9/2025 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week