Kyle Backhus or Louis Varland

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Kyle Backhus or Louis Varland Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	63	21

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	69.2	20.0

Wins	5	2

Losses	4	1

Saves	32	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	51	25

Earned Runs	10	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	86	20

Walks	19	6

ERA	1.29	4.95

WHIP	1.00	1.55

Kyle Backhus or Louis Varland Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	61	45

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	66.8	42.4

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	15	7

Hits Allowed	61	41

Earned Runs	28	23

Home Runs Allowed	8	5

Strikeouts	66	41

Walks	20	17

ERA	3.73	4.79

WHIP	1.21	1.36

Kyle Backhus or Louis Varland Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
News
	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 Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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 Phillies recalled Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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 Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	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	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
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Kyle Backhus or Louis Varland Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#402	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#27	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#27	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#395
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#202
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#114	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#109
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#174
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#185
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#315
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#170
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#320
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#21	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#372
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#121
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#314	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#244	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#150	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#155	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#91	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#372
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#21	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#187
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	vs MIA	Cade Gibson
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#150
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#35	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#45	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	@ ARI	Taylor Clarke
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#177	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#91
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#21
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#155
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs TB
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#35
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#251
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#65
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL