Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Louis Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Louis Varland RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 21	# 28
VBR	# 171	# 224

Projections

Strikeouts	28	23
Wins	2	1
Saves	11	9
ERA	3.04	3.51
WHIP	1.21	1.22

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 20	# 22

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 19	# 25

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 28	# 29

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 21	# 30

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 23	# 38

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 69	# 98

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Louis Varland RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	49

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	35.2	55.0

Wins	2	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	25	23

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	27	39

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	47	73

Walks	17	15

ERA	1.77	1.15

WHIP	1.23	0.98

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Louis Varland RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.3	20.7

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	9

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	15	18

Earned Runs	7	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	28	23

Walks	9	6

ERA	3.04	3.51

WHIP	1.21	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Louis Varland RP - TOR
News
	Aroldis Chapman struck out three batters while allowing one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 4-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters while allowing one walk in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Friday's 6-4 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Aroldis Chapman allowed one hit and one walk over one scoreless inning to record the save in a win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 6-5 win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Louis Varland allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out one to earn the save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Padres. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Aroldis Chapman walked two batters over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 7-6 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS			Louis Varland RP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#250
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			vs STL	Quinn Mathews	#218
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sat, May 9th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Mon, May 25th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sat, Jun 6th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Louis Varland (2026)

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