Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Smith for Louis Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 26	‐
VBR	# 235	# 630

Projections

Strikeouts	25	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	10	0
ERA	3.50	4.12
WHIP	1.22	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 23	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 30	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	# 342

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Dylan Smith RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	52.0	16.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	2

Saves	21	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	37	11

Earned Runs	7	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	70	19

Walks	13	8

ERA	1.21	2.81

WHIP	0.96	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Dylan Smith RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.6	18.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	20	17

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	25	16

Walks	7	7

ERA	3.50	4.12

WHIP	1.22	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Dylan Smith RP - SF
News
	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 Giants recalled Dylan Smith from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	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	The Giants optioned RHP Dylan Smith to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	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	The Giants recalled RHP Dylan Smith from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	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 Tigers are sending RHP Dylan Smith to the Giants for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 30th
	Blue Jays closer Louis Varland pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save on Monday against the Mets. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	The Tigers designated Dylan Smith for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Dylan Smith RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jun 21st				@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 9th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Smith for Louis Varland (2026)

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