Daniel Palencia or Louis Varland

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Daniel Palencia or Louis Varland Player Statistics
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Louis Varland RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	62

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.1	68.2

Wins	2	5

Losses	1	4

Saves	3	31

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	20	50

Earned Runs	9	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	24	84

Walks	7	18

ERA	4.19	1.31

WHIP	1.40	0.99

Daniel Palencia or Louis Varland Player Projections
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Louis Varland RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	62	61

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	62.9	66.8

Wins	3	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	29	2

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	3	15

Hits Allowed	51	61

Earned Runs	26	28

Home Runs Allowed	7	8

Strikeouts	71	66

Walks	26	20

ERA	3.71	3.73

WHIP	1.23	1.21

Daniel Palencia or Louis Varland Player Notes
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Louis Varland RP - TOR
News
	The Cubs activated RHP Daniel Palencia from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Louis Varland struck out two batters while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Daniel Palencia is expected to be activated for Friday's series opener against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	Louis Varland struck out three batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	The Cubs will activate Daniel Palencia in the next few days. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Blue Jays closer Louis Varland allowed one hit and one walk with two strikeouts while earning the save in a 3-2 win over the Nationals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	The Cubs transferred Daniel Palencia to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Blue Jays right-hander Louis Varland pitched a cleaning ninth inning with two strikeouts while earning the save in a 3-1 win over the Rays on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	Daniel Palencia allowed four runs and recorded only two outs in a rehab appearance for Double-A Knoxville on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	Louis Varland struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Saturday's 1-0 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
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Daniel Palencia or Louis Varland Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC			Louis Varland RP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#422
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#225	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#355	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#383
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 4th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL