He made his major league debut in 1996, and played 84 games, hitting .238 with seven home runs and 28 RBI.

Arias became the regular third baseman in his first year with the BlueWave, and was the team's best power hitter, hitting 38 home runs in 2001.

Arias was a very streaky hitter, and had a very low batting average with runners in scoring position.

He left the Tigers after 2004, as they dropped him as they were making a bid to sign Yokohama BayStars foreign star Tyrone Woods, before the Chunichi Dragons got him, and signed a minor league deal with the Washington Nationals in 2005, but was cut at the start of the season.

He was unable to repeat his previous success, and was demoted to the minors after playing 17 games.