Vargas was signed for 1.7 million, and considering our 7-figure international babies almost never work out it's hard to get worked up about that right now. Yarbrough was IMO a lefty pen arm, while some people liked him as a starter. He has a nice arm, but DiPoto isn't worried about replacing that sort of arm.
It's Gohara and filler for Smyly, unless Vargas turns into David Arias. Even if he does, it'll be well after DiPoto is gone if none of this works, so what does he care?
I'd rather have more years on that Smyly deal, but Seattle only has a couple of prime years of their MOTO left, if that, and Felix's arm isn't getting any fewer miles on it. I don't mind a win-now mentality. To start last year Smyly was hammering the zone and getting lots of Ks - and giving up lots of hits, especially power shots. In the second half the hits and power shots went down, along with the Ks falling a little, as he got easier outs. We'll see if that continues, and how much protection Safeco gives those fly balls - although it wasn't the home park that was the problem last year.
Looks like that should close most of Seattle's major shopping. How y'all feeling about the rotation and the lineup?