Who Should I Trade?

Brian Fitzpatrick for Gus Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 355	‐
VBR	# 847	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	12	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.75	4.25
WHIP	1.51	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 323	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 455	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Brian Fitzpatrick RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	31.2	6.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	41	7

Earned Runs	22	1

Home Runs Allowed	6	0

Strikeouts	30	5

Walks	15	3

ERA	6.25	1.35

WHIP	1.77	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Brian Fitzpatrick RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	1

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	12.4	1.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	12	1

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	12	1

Walks	5	1

ERA	4.75	4.25

WHIP	1.51	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Brian Fitzpatrick RP - MIL
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Brewers left-hander Brian Fitzpatrick has undergone Tommy John surgery, according to manager Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	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	The Brewers transferred LHP Brian Fitzpatrick to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 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	Brian Fitzpatrick has a partial UCL sprain and will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow 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	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Brian Fitzpatrick will head for a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	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	The Brewers placed LHP Brian Fitzpatrick on the 15-day injured list with a left elbow injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gus Varland RP - WSH			Brian Fitzpatrick RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Mon, May 4th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Brian Fitzpatrick for Gus Varland (2026)

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