Who Should I Trade?

Chris Flexen for Gus Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 359	‐
VBR	# 520	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.78	‐
WHIP	1.43	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 335	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 455	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Chris Flexen RP - FA
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	Chris Flexen RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	2.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	3.78	‐

WHIP	1.43	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Chris Flexen RP - FA
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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
	Gus Varland RP - WSH			Chris Flexen RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (7-2)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#310
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#75
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#233
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#331
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#321
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#158
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#196
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#310
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#363
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#348
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#156
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#393
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#225
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#321
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#103
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#136
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Flexen for Gus Varland (2026)

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