Gus Varland or Kyle Backhus
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| Gus Varland RP - WSH  | Kyle Backhus RP - PHI  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 22 | 10 |
| Games Started | 0 | 1 |
| Innings Pitched | 21.1 | 9.2 |
| Wins | 1 | 0 |
| Losses | 1 | 0 |
| Saves | 4 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 0 |
| Holds | 6 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 23 | 11 |
| Earned Runs | 9 | 5 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 19 | 10 |
| Walks | 7 | 1 |
| ERA | 3.80 | 4.66 |
| WHIP | 1.41 | 1.24 |
| Gus Varland RP - WSH | Kyle Backhus RP - PHI | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 28 | 45 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 28.3 | 42.4 |
| Wins | 1 | 2 |
| Losses | 1 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Holds | 1 | 7 |
| Hits Allowed | 28 | 41 |
| Earned Runs | 16 | 23 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 3 | 5 |
| Strikeouts | 27 | 41 |
| Walks | 12 | 17 |
| ERA | 5.10 | 4.79 |
| WHIP | 1.39 | 1.36 |
| Gus Varland RP - WSH | Kyle Backhus RP - PHI | |
| News | ||
| Gus Varland struck out two batters while allowing one hit over 1.1 scoreless frames to earn the save in Thursday's 7-5 win over the Twins. Jesse Garcia Fri, May 8th | The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th | |
| Gus Varland struck out one batter and allowed one hit over 1 1/3 innings pitched in the Nationals win over the Mets. Jesse Garcia Thu, Apr 30th | The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th | |
| Gus Varland struck out one batter while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the Pirates. Jesse Garcia Wed, Apr 15th | The Phillies optioned LHP Kyle Backhus to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th | |
| Gus Varland struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Sunday's 8-6 win over the Brewers. Jesse Garcia Mon, Apr 13th | ||
| The Nationals claimed RHP Gus Varland off of waivers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 22nd | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Gus Varland RP - WSH | Kyle Backhus RP - PHI | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #40 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | vs TEX | Jacob Latz (1-1) | #105 | |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #22 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #52 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ PHI | Taijuan Walker (1-4) | #371 | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #89 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #165 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #248 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #88 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #41 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #423 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #39 | @ COL | Brennan Bernardino (2-3) | #250 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #126 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #426 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #146 | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #210 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #117 | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #87 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #85 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #96 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ MIL | Aaron Ashby | vs ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #71 | |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #69 | vs ARI | Brandon Pfaadt (0-1) | #118 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #60 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #66 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | vs CHC | Javier Assad (3-1) | #278 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #97 | vs CHC | Riley Martin | |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ PIT | Mason Montgomery (1-1) | #156 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #22 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #13 | vs ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #195 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #210 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #87 | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #136 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #114 | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #143 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #109 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #22 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs ATL | Didier Fuentes (4-0) | #153 | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #40 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #241 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #74 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ CWS | Bryan Hudson (3-1) | #177 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #136 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #222 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #114 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ CWS | Bryan Hudson (3-1) | #177 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #169 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #96 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #103 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #210 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #17 | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #59 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #69 | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #72 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #63 | @ MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #339 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #68 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #116 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #75 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #229 | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #130 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ MIA | Robby Snelling (0-1) | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | #337 | |
| Sat, May 9th | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #119 | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #398 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #77 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #426 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #140 | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #180 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #62 | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #30 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #33 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #123 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #197 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #102 | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #62 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs NYM | Zach Thornton (0-1) | #261 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #100 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #103 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #114 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #136 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #112 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #195 | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #50 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #142 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #98 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #201 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #211 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs SD | Lucas Giolito (2-0) | #157 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #134 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs SD | Michael King (4-3) | #35 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #126 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #142 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #77 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #59 | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #201 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #72 | vs SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #211 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #183 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #115 | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #138 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #71 | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #209 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #13 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #232 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ SF | @ TOR | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ SF | @ TOR | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs SEA | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs SEA | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs SEA | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs KC | vs MIA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs KC | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs KC | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ TB | |||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ TB | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ TB | vs NYM | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs PHI | @ WSH | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs PHI | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs PHI | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs PHI | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ BAL | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ BAL | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ BAL | @ NYM | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ BOS | vs PIT | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ BOS | vs PIT | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ BOS | vs PIT | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs PIT | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs PIT | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs PIT | @ KC | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs HOU | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs HOU | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs HOU | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs NYY | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs NYY | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs NYY | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ ATH | |||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ ATH | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ ATH | vs NYM | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ COL | vs LAD | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ COL | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ COL | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs ARI | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs ARI | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs ARI | vs NYY | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ ATL | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ ATL | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ ATL | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ ATL | @ BAL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ PHI | vs WSH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ PHI | vs WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ PHI | vs WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ PHI | vs WSH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs CIN | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs CIN | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs CIN | vs TOR | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs CHC | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs CHC | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs CHC | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ NYM | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ NYM | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ NYM | @ MIN | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ TEX | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ TEX | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ TEX | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ MIA | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ MIA | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ MIA | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs COL | @ SEA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs COL | @ SEA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs COL | @ SEA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs COL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs MIA | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs MIA | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs MIA | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs MIA | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs ATL | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs ATL | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ LAD | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ LAD | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ LAD | vs ATL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ SD | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ SD | vs HOU | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ SD | vs HOU | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs LAA | @ ATL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs LAA | @ ATL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs LAA | @ ATL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs PHI | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs PHI | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ STL | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ STL | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ STL | @ NYM | ||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ DET | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ DET | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ DET | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs NYM | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs NYM | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs NYM | vs TB | ||||
| Mon, May 4th | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #119 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs SD | Lucas Giolito (2-0) | #157 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs NYM | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs PIT | |||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ CIN | |||||
| Thu, Jul 16th | vs NYM | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ STL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs MIA | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | vs HOU | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ NYM | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs MIL | |||||
