Who Should I Trade?

Brock Burke for Gus Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 346	# 359
VBR	# 726	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	4	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.32	5.14
WHIP	1.41	1.14

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 306	# 335

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 379	# 455

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	Gus Varland RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	74	33

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	71.1	31.2

Wins	6	1

Losses	5	2

Saves	2	6

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	20	6

Hits Allowed	52	43

Earned Runs	19	24

Home Runs Allowed	5	7

Strikeouts	72	30

Walks	39	15

ERA	2.40	6.82

WHIP	1.28	1.83

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	Gus Varland RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	4.1	1.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	4	2

Earned Runs	2	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	4	2

Walks	2	1

ERA	4.32	5.14

WHIP	1.41	1.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	Gus Varland RP - WSH
News
	Reds reliever Brock Burke earned his first career Sunday in a 2-1 win over the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 6th	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Reds are acquiring Brock Burke from the Angels in a three-team trade. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th	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
	Brock Burke and the Angels avoided arbitration and the lefthander will make $2.325 million in 2026. David Leisering Fri, Jan 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
		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
	Brock Burke RP - CIN			Gus Varland RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#123	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#118
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#140
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#15
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#169	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#80
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#277	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#60	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#153
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#91	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#22	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#30
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#72	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#329	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#142	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (7-2)	#150
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#207
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#120	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#285
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#207
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#369	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#76
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391	@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#92
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#166	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-7)	#86	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#145
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#197	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#72
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#299	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#308	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#253	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#247	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#101
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#117
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#108
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#118	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#16	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#115
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#92	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#174	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#132	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#216
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#261
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#156	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#30
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#70	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#218	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#171	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#125
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#129	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#20
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#41
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#284	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#143
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#258	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#16
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#68	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#37	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#67	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#258	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#68	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#55	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#108	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#123
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#8	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#138
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#286	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#308
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#250
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#386	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#389	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#369
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#88	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#166
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#386
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#106	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#345
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#148
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#141
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#132
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-3)	#193
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#16
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#128	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#118
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#387	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#338
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#151	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#189	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#87	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#88	vs CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#92
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#314
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#154	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#78
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#106
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#131
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#154
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#70	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#389
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs COL	Mason Adams (0-1)	#382
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#30	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#384
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#92	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#154
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#275	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#159
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#53	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#68	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#15
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#140	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#25
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#53
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#156
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#66
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#68	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#302
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#67	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#136
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#8
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#76	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#92	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#99
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#159	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#7	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#60
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#141	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (2-1)	#98
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-3)	#193
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#92
Fri, May 22nd				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, May 24th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#132
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#299
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#386
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#114

Who Should I Trade?

Brock Burke for Gus Varland (2026)

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