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I certainly don't *see* what Wedge sees.  Not my skill set, really - (and, of course, I dont' get to see the left coast games anyhow).
What *I* see is a stat book that shows Wright as being a CAREER "streak" pitcher.  Now, I've stated previously that ALL players (pitcher or hitter), perform in a personal "range" of best to worst days.  My read on Wright ... given his lengthy career AND his less than pedestrian numbers ... is that he has ALWAYS "at times" been a dominant reliever.  I think Wright's aggregate stats are poor enough that he should have washed out of baseball long ago.  He hasn't.  Why?
My explanation is this ... he has for the last 16 years done EXACTLY what he is doing right now.  But, he doesn't have the capacity to "hold onto" the stuff he's currently channeling.  Wedge gets paid to pick up on when he's 'lost it' and mitigate the damage. 
The fact Wright has 4.4 BB/9 and 5.0 K/9 rates over 1700 innings is my 'proof'.  The fact that he's setting career bests in EVERY TTO vector is (IMO) an indication of abberation - not simply a reason to celebrate.  While it would certainly be nice if at age 36 Wright has suddenly gotten way better than he ever was previously ... I just know that the odds of that being true are miniscule.
As for Vargas ... he's Washburn redux.  Nobody got him, either.