Louis Varland

Blue Jays right-hander Louis Varland pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in a 2-0 win over the Mariners on Friday.

Fantasy Impact

Varland allowed a one-out single to Dominic Canzone, but struck out Cal Raleigh before incuding a game-ending force out of Josh Naylor to end the contest. Varland continues to shine as one of the best relievers in all of baseball this season, as he is now a clean 18-for-18 in save opportunities to go along with a sterling 0.96 ERA, an identical 0.96 WHIP, and a 65:13 K:BB across 47 innings of work.

Blue Jays closer Louis Varland pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save on Monday against the Mets.

Fantasy Impact

It wasn't a clean inning for Varland as he surrendered a single and a walk with one out in the ninth, but managed to rack up strikeouts of Mark Vientos and Ronny Mauricio to end the threat. Varland is now a perfect 17-for-17 in save opportunities since taking over as Blue Jays closer, posting a 0.98 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, and a 64:13 K:BB across 46 innings on the campaign.

Blue Jays right-hander Louis Varland pitched a scoreless ninth inning to pick up a save in a 4-2 win over the Astros on Monday.

Fantasy Impact

Varland got the ball with a two-run lead in the ninth, but immediately brought the tying run to the plate after issuing a leadoff walk to Yainer Diaz. However, Varland would set the Astros down in order from there, striking out pinch-hitter Taylor Trammell to end it. Varland is now a clean 16-for-16 in save opportunities and sports a 0.84 ERA and a 0.93 WHIP with 58 strikeouts against 12 walks through 38 appearances and 43 innings this season.

Louis Varland struck out two batters over one scoreless innings to earn the save in Friday's 8-5 win over the Yankees.

Fantasy Impact

Varland continues a strong stretch out of the bullpen, holding opponents scoreless in eight of his last nine trips to the mound. The right-hander continues to reward manager John Schneider with an elite closing option, carrying a 0.49 ERA and 0.95 WHIP with 12 saves and five holds across 33 appearances.

Blue Jays closer Louis Varland allowed one earned run but picked up the win in a 3-2 win over the Phillies on Tuesday.

Fantasy Impact

Varland came into the game with the game tied at one in the ninth inning and allowed an earned run on a hit and a walk with one strikeout in his inning of work. Fortunately for him, the Blue Jays rallied and scored two runs off of Phillies closer Jhoan Duran and walked off the Phillies. The win was Varland's third of the season as his earned run allowed was his first over his last 19 appearances. He sports an elite 0.50 ERA through 32 outings on the season, going 11-for-11 in save chances in the process.