Who Should I Trade?

Chase Silseth for Louis Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 26	# 353
VBR	# 214	# 457

Projections

Strikeouts	11	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	5	0
ERA	3.37	3.79
WHIP	1.22	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 30	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	# 326

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	# 364

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Chase Silseth RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	61

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	67.2	51.2

Wins	5	3

Losses	4	3

Saves	30	0

Blown Saves	1	4

Holds	5	13

Hits Allowed	50	42

Earned Runs	10	16

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	83	59

Walks	18	31

ERA	1.33	2.79

WHIP	1.00	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Chase Silseth RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.5	10.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	9	8

Earned Runs	4	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	10

Walks	3	5

ERA	3.37	3.79

WHIP	1.22	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Chase Silseth RP - TEX
News
	Louis Varland struck out two batters while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	Right-hander Chase Silseth has officially joined the Rangers following a trade from the Angels. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Louis Varland struck out three batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Reliever Chase Silseth is being traded from the Los Angeles Angels to the Texas Rangers. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 29th
	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
	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
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Chase Silseth RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#242
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#298
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#305	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Silseth for Louis Varland (2026)

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