Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Palencia for Louis Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 29	# 84
VBR	# 209	# 308

Projections

Strikeouts	21	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	8	7
ERA	3.34	3.75
WHIP	1.22	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	# 87

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	# 84

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 36	# 82

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 30	# 70

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	# 116

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	# 249

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	56.2	16.2

Wins	3	2

Losses	4	1

Saves	24	3

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	43	17

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	73	19

Walks	16	6

ERA	1.27	2.70

WHIP	1.04	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.4	14.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	8	7

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	17	13

Earned Runs	7	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	21	16

Walks	6	6

ERA	3.34	3.75

WHIP	1.22	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC
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	Daniel Palencia will pitch for Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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	Daniel Palencia is on track to begin a rehab assignment the week of August 3. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	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	Daniel Palencia could be cleared to throw live batting practice soon. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is hopeful to return by the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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	Daniel Palencia will head to Arizona during the All-Star break to continue his rehab program, with the goal of throwing off a mound once the break concludes. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Daniel Palencia RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#208	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Palencia for Louis Varland (2026)

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