Diamondbacks' Ildemaro Vargas is on one of most improbable runs in MLB history
He's on the best streak of his career.
Diamondbacks' Ildemaro Vargas is on one of most improbable runs in MLB history originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Ildemaro Vargas had reached the point of his career where nothing new was supposed to happen.
He'd played a lot of MLB games. He was a utility infielder, through and through. He brought versatility to the table, but not a lot of upside.
Well, except then the calendar turned to 2026. Vargas is hitting . 372 this season with six home runs and a 1.
091 OPS. He has a 22-game hitting streak to start the season, one of the best in MLB history: Longest hitting streaks to start season, last 90 years: 1976 Ron LeFlore: 30 games 1937 Gee Walker: 27 2006 Edgar Renteria: 23 2026 Ildemaro Vargas: 22 *active 1971 Joe Torre: 22 https://t. co/ue8lymaX8u ā Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) April 30, 2026 MORE: This might be the weirdest way to get an inside-the-park HR It's hard to capture the absurdity of this, but we'll try.