Who Should I Trade?

Connor Brogdon for Louis Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 30	‐
VBR	# 221	# 870

Projections

Strikeouts	22	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.40	4.24
WHIP	1.20	1.25

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 22	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 30	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	# 331

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	56.2	15.1

Wins	3	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	24	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	43	14

Earned Runs	8	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	73	14

Walks	16	3

ERA	1.27	5.28

WHIP	1.04	1.11

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.2	4.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	18	3

Earned Runs	8	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	22	4

Walks	6	2

ERA	3.40	4.24

WHIP	1.20	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
News
	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	The Guardians sent RHP Connor Brogdon outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	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	The Guardians designated Connor Brogdon for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	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	Connor Brogdon struck out two batters while allowing one earned run on one hit to earn the save in Saturday's 6-5 win over the Mariners in 10 innings. Matthew Adam Sun, Mar 29th
	Louis Varland allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out one to earn the save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Padres. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Blue Jays right-hander Louis Varland pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in a 2-0 win over the Mariners on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
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			Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jun 21st				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Brogdon for Louis Varland (2026)

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