Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Gus Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 355	‐
VBR	# 793	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.65	7.89
WHIP	1.47	0.88

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 327	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 455	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
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	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.1	0.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	11	1

Earned Runs	6	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	10	1

Walks	5	0

ERA	4.65	7.89

WHIP	1.47	0.88

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Bowden (lat) compiled a 4.22 ERA and 1.31 WHIP with seven strikeouts and five walks across 10.2 innings over 11 appearances for Oakland in 2025. He joined camp this spring as a non-roster invitee. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	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
	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
	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
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gus Varland RP - WSH			Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#174
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#329	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#139
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Gus Varland (2026)

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