Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Walters for Gus Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 355	‐
VBR	# 781	# 839

Projections

Strikeouts	8	8
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.66	3.93
WHIP	1.45	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 328	# 406

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 455	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	31.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	6	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	43	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	6.82	‐

WHIP	1.83	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.8	7.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	6

Earned Runs	5	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	8

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.66	3.93

WHIP	1.45	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Guardians activated Andrew Walters from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Gus Varland allowed one earned run on one hit and one walk while striking out one batter to earn the save in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 17th	Andrew Walters had his rehab assignment paused after coming down with a viral illness. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th
	Gus Varland struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 4-3 win over the Giants. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 9th	The Guardians placed RHP Andrew Walters on the 15-day injured list as he recovers from right lat surgery. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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	Walters had lat surgery last year and has been building back through bullpen sessions and flat-ground throws from 120-150 feet. He's scheduled for a live batting practice session Wednesday as his next step in the progression. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 17th
	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	Andrew Walters has begun throwing bullpen sessions and tossing from 90–120 feet on flat ground. Despite the progress in his recovery from right lat surgery, he will miss the start of the 2026 season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Mar 7th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gus Varland RP - WSH			Andrew Walters RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#37	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#150	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#85	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#167	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#103	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#436	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#318
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Walters for Gus Varland (2026)

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