Who Should I Trade?

Chris Devenski for Gus Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 355	‐
VBR	# 786	# 912

Projections

Strikeouts	11	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.52	4.61
WHIP	1.47	1.31

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	Chris Devenski RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	31.2	2.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	41	5

Earned Runs	22	2

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	30	3

Walks	15	0

ERA	6.25	7.71

WHIP	1.77	2.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Chris Devenski RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.2	6.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	12	6

Earned Runs	6	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	11	5

Walks	5	2

ERA	4.52	4.61

WHIP	1.47	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Chris Devenski RP - PIT
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Chris Devenski is moving his rehab assignment from FCL to Low-A Bradenton. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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 Pirates transferred Chris Devenski to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	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	Chris Devenski continues to play catch on flat ground and is anticipated to throw a bullpen session at the start of June. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th
	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	Chris Devenski threw a bullpen session on Wednesday and has resumed all baseball activities. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, May 15th
	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 Pirates placed RHP Chris Devenski on the 15-day injured list with an illness. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gus Varland RP - WSH			Chris Devenski RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#126	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#320	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#163
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Devenski for Gus Varland (2026)

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