Who Should I Trade?

Christian Roa for Gus Varland (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 355	‐
VBR	# 806	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	7
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.64	4.67
WHIP	1.48	1.63

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 327	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 455	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Christian Roa RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	31.2	8.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	43	10

Earned Runs	24	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	30	6

Walks	15	7

ERA	6.82	5.19

WHIP	1.83	1.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Christian Roa RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.4	6.8

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	11	7

Earned Runs	6	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	11	7

Walks	5	4

ERA	4.64	4.67

WHIP	1.48	1.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Christian Roa RP - HOU
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Cubs designated Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 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 Orioles designated Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	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	The Orioles claimed RHP Christian Roa off of waivers from the Twins and optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	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	The Twins designated RHP Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	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 Twins claimed RHP Christian Roa off waivers from the Astros and optioned him to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gus Varland RP - WSH			Christian Roa RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#137	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#342
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#327	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#140
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Roa for Gus Varland (2026)

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