Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Louis Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 28	# 367
VBR	# 224	# 608

Projections

Strikeouts	23	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.51	4.36
WHIP	1.22	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 22	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 30	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 38	# 351

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	# 422

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	49	32

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	55.0	32.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	2

Saves	23	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	39	28

Earned Runs	7	16

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	73	31

Walks	15	14

ERA	1.15	4.41

WHIP	0.98	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.7	15.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	18	13

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	23	17

Walks	6	8

ERA	3.51	4.36

WHIP	1.22	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
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 Rays activated RHP Craig Kimbrel from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	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	Craig Kimbrel will face hitters in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 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	Craig Kimbrel threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	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	Craig Kimbrel resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 4th
	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	The Rays placed Craig Kimbrel on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#256
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 9th				vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews	#218	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#250
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Louis Varland (2026)

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