Who Should I Trade?

Chris Flexen for Louis Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 24	‐
VBR	# 349	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	1	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	2.62	‐
WHIP	0.93	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

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	# 23	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Chris Flexen RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	71	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	78.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	35	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	56	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	97	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	1.38	‐

WHIP	1.01	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Chris Flexen RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	1	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	1.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	1	‐

Earned Runs	0	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Walks	0	‐

ERA	2.62	‐

WHIP	0.93	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Chris Flexen RP - FA
News
	Louis Varland struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Wednesday's 5-1 win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Thu, Sep 17th
	Louis Varland struck out one batter in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Royals. Chris Schommer Sun, Sep 6th
	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
	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
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Chris Flexen RP - FA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-12)	#187
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-3)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#161
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#261
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (2-4)	#101
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (6-2)	#100
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#92
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#60
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (2-2)	#37
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH	Brady Basso (1-4)	#194
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (2-3)	#249
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-5)	#241

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Flexen for Louis Varland (2026)

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