Vasquez was one of the final pieces in a Seattle trade with Pittsburgh for Arquimedes Caminero , with Jake Brentz the other player named. Not sure how that deal broke down or why would the Mariners want to part with Vasquez. The 2015 UTR Organizational All-Star has been solid since coming from the DSL in 2016. He got a taste of LoA Ball after five AZL Mariner appearances (4 starts), posting a 5-4 record with a 2.26 ERA and 52 strikeouts/9 walks. Those numbers were on-par with his DSL stats in that he held a 7.0 K9 and 1.0 BB9 rates over 91 innings in 15 starts. The Pirates evidently liked what they seen in the 6’4″ 190 lb right-hander with a HiA Bradenton assignment, his first season with the club. Vasquez is having a breakout season thus far and could jettison up the organizational rankings, if he could just miss more bats. Maybe that trend is beginning with his 8 strikeouts last night, the most since coming to the U.S. He had 9 K’s over 5.2 innings in a 2015 DSL start. Of Vasquez’ 11 appearances, his name has appeared on my daily spreads 8-times and this is first NL Pitcher of the Day. After getting stretched out to begin the season, the Dominican native has only once allowed more than 2 earned runs in any start, going at least six innings in 6 of his 10 starts.