Kirby Yates or Louis Varland

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Kirby Yates or Louis Varland Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	Louis Varland RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	62

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	38.2	68.2

Wins	2	5

Losses	5	4

Saves	3	31

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	31	50

Earned Runs	15	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	46	84

Walks	17	18

ERA	3.49	1.31

WHIP	1.24	0.99

Kirby Yates or Louis Varland Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	Louis Varland RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	55	61

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	53.9	66.8

Wins	3	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	11	2

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	10	15

Hits Allowed	43	61

Earned Runs	25	28

Home Runs Allowed	8	8

Strikeouts	65	66

Walks	25	20

ERA	4.23	3.73

WHIP	1.27	1.21

Kirby Yates or Louis Varland Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	Louis Varland RP - TOR
News
	The Pirates activated Kirby Yates. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	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
	The Angels have traded right-hander Kirby Yates to the Pirates in exchange for right-handed pitching prospect Kyle Robinson. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	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
	Kirby Yates allowed one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in a 4-3 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Kirby Yates pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the season on Saturday, securing a 5-2 Angels' win over the Rangers. David Leisering Sun, May 24th	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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Kirby Yates or Louis Varland Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT			Louis Varland RP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#422
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#295	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#174	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#383
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, May 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
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
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
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 7th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL